We're doing the impossible by making tax easy with clever code. Up for the challenge?
What is TaxTim?
TaxTim is a friendly, all-digital tax robot, making tax easy for millions of South Africans. Operating much like a simple WhatsApp chat, TaxTim contains the brains of several tax experts rolled into one, and helps people to do their own tax returns quickly, easily and with confidence.
What we're proud of:
Started in 2011 with seed funding from Google
Integrated with SARS eFiling
Have helped over 14 million South Africans to date
Partnerships with Momentum, Sanlam, Old Mutual, PwC, FNB, Airbnb
Driving profits for some of the biggest insurance companies
Consistent ease-of-use rating above 9/10
Perks of the job:
You get to pick your workhorse - we like Apple Macbooks and Dell XPSs
Your very own Skillshare account, to feed your hungry mind
All the software licenses you could possibly need
Flexible work hours whilst working from home
Create miracles that people love you for by Making Tax Easy
You estimate, schedule and own your projects
Work in beautiful Cape Town, in our shared office space with a mountain view
Small team = great start-up experience and anti-big corporate feel
Work remotely, or get financial assistance with moving to Cape Town
Cool projects ahead:
Moving our Puppeteer crawlers into AWS Lambda and SQS
Migrating our PHP codebase into a RESTful Symfony API
Migrating our front-end into a Vuejs SPA
Turning our whole service into an API for use by anyone
Using machine-learning to help our customers faster
Requirements:
Strong knowledge of PHP (5+ years practical OOP experience, Wordpress doesn't count)
Strong knowledge of Javascript, HTML, CSS and related tools/packages (3+ years practical experience)
Strong knowledge of MySQL (5+ years practical experience)
PHP MVC framework experience (3+ years practical experience using Symfony, or Laravel works too)
Competent with source control (3+ years practical experience using Git)
Comfortable working in a Unix-based OS (we like Ubuntu Linux and Mac OS)
A creative problem solver, that's willing to explore, with a collaborative open source type mindset
Self-directed and self-motivated, able to up-skill and learn new technologies without supervision
Fluent in English (written and verbal)
Responsibilities:
Architect, develop and maintain both internal and client-facing functionality, from inception through to deployment, full life cycle
Write clean, efficient and reusable code, utilizing best practices such as SOLID, DRY and KISS
Monitor, test, improve and upgrade existing functionality
Contribute ideas on how to improve the system and achieve our goals
Assist with refactoring legacy code into a new Symfony / Vuejs based system
Assist with maintaining and improving an AWS based production environment
Create and consume APIs (both REST and SOAP)
Work closely with our CTO Evan, HOD John, and the rest of the dynamic dev team
Salary range: R50 - 80k (based on skill and experience)
Keen to apply? Take our digital chat bot interview with TaxTim now!
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