Job description
, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented **Senior iOS Software Engineer** 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**: 4 million happy shoppers shop online on . Show them 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: , and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.
**Who’s who in the tech space**
This position reports to the Mobile Engineering Manager.
**Your mission, should you choose to accept it:**
- Help design, develop and refine new features
- Locate and resolve bugs and crashes
- Brainstorm new ideas and concepts
- Work with teammates on design, code reviews, and estimation
**The skills we need:**
- Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude and high energy
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Proven track record of delivering high-quality work, in a fast-paced environment
- Focus on getting the job done, but have fun doing so
- Taking ownership and displaying accountability in the work required of you
- Have an interest in e-commerce, building a brand and business
- Customer-centric
- Be accountable
- Creative
- Solution-based
- Flexible
- And take pride in your work
**Qualifications & Experience:**
- Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering and a minimum of 5 years experience in a software/technology environment is required.
- In the event that a candidate does not have a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Diploma (in Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering), an equivalent experience requirement must be met, which equates to a minimum of 8 years experience in a software/technology environment.
- 5+ years professional mobile development experience with at least 3 years experience in native iOS
- Strong Computer Science and programming fundamentals
- Experience developing applications with iOS SDK using Swift and SwiftUI for both iPad and iPhone
- Deep understanding of modern iOS UI frameworks and state management in SwiftUI, paired with strong UIKit expertise including view controller lifecycles and high-performance collection views.
- Appreciation of iOS-specific asynchronous processing techniques.
- Experience with using SwiftUI, Storyboards, Interface Builder, auto and adaptive layout for universal apps with differing screen sizes.
- Knowledge and Appreciation of iOS user experience design patterns.
**Desirable Skills**
- Objective C development experience
- Experience working with unit test frameworks
- Experience with network requests to RESTful APIs using best practice and well known libraries (Alamofire etc.)
- Experience developing eCommerce apps for retail
- Experience working with software development tools including GitLab, Jira and Confluence.
- Experience with writing UI Automation scripts using Robot Framework
- Any experience with Android
**Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group**
- **The power is in your hands**: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package that 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? offers 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 at during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini-golf, think good times).
- **Staff discount**. Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
[**TakealotMORE**](https://www.takealot.com)
- **Birthday leave**: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
- **Right tools, right job**: Mac or Windows, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, 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):** ReactJS, Python, Scala, Kotlin, Swift, Google Cloud, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes 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).
**Like what you see?**
If you meet the above you are an **Extraordinary Mind.** Apply today!!
*Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.*
