Mr D - Software Engineer (Android)

• 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, TFS and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance. 

This position reports to an Engineering Manager. 

• Take ownership, build and maintain our bleeding edge mobile eCommerce Android application.
• Design, develop and test code written in Java/Kotlin.
• Apply best practice and ensure stability and security of the applications.
• Monitor and profile application performance.
• Take part in daily standup; manage your time and workload effectively.
• Collaborate with creative, content and engineering teams to design and develop a world-class Android application.
• Publish applications to the Google Play Store.

• Strong Computer Science and programming fundamentals.
• Experience architecting, developing, testing and maintaining Android mobile applications.
• Experience with network requests to RESTful APIs (JSON) using best practice.
• Full understanding of the Android application, activity and fragment life-cycles.
• Appreciation of Android-specific asynchronous processing techniques.
• Knowledge and appreciation of Android user experience design patterns.
• Experience using GIT, Jira and Confluence.
• Experience developing in an Agile team environment.
• Be accountable, engaging and inventive.
• Work alongside a QA engineer regarding testing and product finalisation.

• Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering or related field with a minimum of 3-5 years experience in a software development role.
• In the absence of a degree or diploma, a minimum of 6 years of equivalent experience in a software development role is required.
• For the Senior Android Engineer a minimum of 5 years native android experience is required including team lead experience 
• For the Mid-level Android Engineer a minimum of 3 years native android experience is required
• Solid understanding and experience with Android architecture
• Solid understanding and experience with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
• Strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals
• Familiarity with Figma and Photoshop, as well as Google Maps, Firebase, and Braze.

• The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.
• No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab and make something great.
• Remote working: Love water cooler chats and working from home? We offer a hybrid working model for the best of both worlds.
• Mentorship programme: We aren’t kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Now’s your chance to be one of the best, by learning from the best.
• Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Up-skill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera and more.
• Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds in the takealot group during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
• Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it. 
• Right tools, right job: You’ll work on the latest tech, off the latest tech.
• Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere. 
• Tech stack (for days): Angular, Python, Kotlin, Swift, AWS, Kafka, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, IOT and all things machine learning. If you build it, they will come.
• Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to). 

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