About VAT IT

Website

Address

54 Melrose Boulevard, Melrose Arch, Melrose North, 2196, Johannesburg, South Africa

Company Size

501-1000
Highlights
Summary

What we do

VAT IT is the world’s leading indirect tax reclaim company assisting over 8,000 clients around the world. We operate from 29 wholly owned offices situated in Europe, Asia, Africa and America and employ over 600 knowledgeable specialists (of which over 95% are all under 40) dedicated to our core business of cross border TAX Refunds. VAT IT has been involved in the VAT industry for over 16 years.

Why Work For Us

Because you’ll be successful, because we hate rules and structure, because we embrace your glorious absurdity. We know that only crazy people can create magic… And we’re a whole bunch of crazy.
VAT IT is a result-driven meritocracy. If you believe the combination of innovative thinking, teamwork and a sense of urgency creates the right environment to deliver the best possible results for the client, then VAT IT is the right working environment for you. We prioritise a “let’s do it” attitude, passion and problem solving skills over specific qualifications.

Our Culture

Freedom. Liberty. Responsibility.
This is our internal mantra that we live by. We also live by coffee and Jamesons but that’s part of the freedom and liberty philosophies. We give people enough freedom to explore their full potential and with this freedom we believe comes responsibility to be accountable for your results. Even though we’ve been in business for 16 years, we still feel like a start-up. Everyone here is strange and dynamic in their own way and together, like a dysfunctional family from a Wes Anderson film, we’re building cutting-edge tech.

Core Development Principles

  • Visibility / Transparency
  • Code Craftsmanship
  • TDD
  • Independence / Decoupling
  • Leadership / Ownership
  • Scale-ability
  • Fluidity
  • Environment Segregation
  • Continuity
  • Users in The Loop
  • Business Alignment
  • Code Health / Sustainability of an application
  • Innovation
  • Rapid experimentation and Rapid Change
  • Minimal Viable Product (MVP)

Our Hiring Process

VAT IT has a three stage hiring process:

  • Compatibility/Culture Fit
  • Tech Interview
  • Meet the team

We do try and combine these, if possible, to avoid lengthy processes.

Perks
Free ever-changing coffee selections
Funky co-lab area
Great Location
Flexi (Core) Hours
Whiskey o'clock
Legendary Functions
Work with people from over 30 different cities
Paid for courses and training
Brainstorm room. Literally.
Choose your own dev spec laptop
Huddle puddles
Like-minded geeks and freaks
Fun, friendly environment
Lucrative bonuses
Parking bay
No dress code
Uncapped popcorn machine
Global travel (depending on role)
Secure environment
Beard-friendly
Close to gym
Potential for great growth
Dustbins labelled /dev/null
Tech Stack

Application and Data

Amazon S3
Amazon EC2
PostgreSQL
Javascript
Python
Java
Spring Framework
HTML5
Microsoft Azure
nginx
MS SQL
Kotlin
TypeScript
Kibana
Angular
HIbernate

DevOps

Ansible
Jenkins
Git
Docker
Gradle
Selenium
npm
Bitbucket
Kubernetes
Terraform
IntelliJ IDEA
SonarQube
Prometheus

Utilities

Amazon Route 53
Amazon SES
Elasticsearch
Power BI

Business Tools

Slack
JIRA
Microsoft Sharepoint
Salesforce
Microsoft Teams
Confluence
HubSpot