Mr D - iOS Software Engineer

Mr D, a division of takealot.com, is looking for highly talented Software Engineer (iOS) to join our team.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us!

Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!

• Scale: Show the millions of Mr D customers what you can do.
• Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some. Code alongside industry leaders and upskill in record time.
• Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: takealot.com, Superbalist.com, and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.

Who’s who in the tech space

This position reports to an Engineering Team Lead.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

• Take ownership, build and maintain our bleeding edge mobile e-commerce iOS application.
• Migrate the existing Objective C app to Swift.
• Design, develop and test code written in Objective C/Swift.
• Apply best practices and ensure stability and security of the applications.
• Monitor and profile application performance.
• Take part in daily standup, with the ability to manage time and workload effectively.
• Collaborate with creative, content and engineering teams to design and develop a world-class iOS mobile application.
• Publish applications to the Apple App Store.

The skills we need:

• Strong programming fundamentals.
• Experience architecting, developing, testing and maintaining iOS mobile applications.
• Experience with network requests to RESTful APIs (JSON) using best practices.
• Full understanding of the iOS application, view-controller, and tableview life-cycles.
• Demonstrated best practices in the implementation of SwiftUI.
• Appreciation of iOS-specific asynchronous processing techniques.
• Knowledge and appreciation of iOS user experience design patterns.
• Experience using GIT version control.
• Experience developing in an Agile team environment.
• Be accountable, engaging and inventive.
• Work alongside a QA engineer regarding testing and product finalisation.

Nice to have:

• Experience with Figma and Miro.
• Experience with Google Maps, Firebase & Braze.
• Any Android experience.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Information Technology or Computer Science Degree or equivalent of 3 years relevant experience.
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience.

Let’s talk about life @ Mr D

• The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs.
• No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments.
• Remote working: Love water cooler chats and working from home? We offer a hybrid working model for the best of both worlds.
• Mentorship programme: Learn from the best.
• Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders.
• Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds in the takealot group during regular social events.
• Birthday leave: Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
• Right tools, right job: Mac or Windows, two monitors or one.
• Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support, and financial guidance.
• Tech stack (for days): Angular, Python, Kotlin, Swift, AWS, Kafka, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, IOT and all things machine learning.
• Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk.

Like what you see?

If you meet the above, you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!

Mr D is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.