Avalara is growing, and we are developing a unified One Content Platform to source and manage all tax and compliance content. Imagine having all the world's compliance information in one place. As part of this initiative, you will lead a team of 8-10 software engineers, including Software Engineers in Test and SREs, to bring Avalara's vision to life. While we prefer candidates based in Pune, we are open to remote candidates with a strong background and relevant skill set.

In addition, we are transforming how our researchers work by harnessing the power of Generative AI. In this role, you will have the opportunity to combine Generative AI with your engineering expertise to build the next-generation content platform. You will be reporting to Sr. Manager, Software Engineering.

Job Duties

• Lead and manage a group of engineers and leads
• Define and execute engineering roadmap, quarterly product goals and sprint plans
• Drive discussions with content researchers and product managers to define new features
• Progress updates, product demos and presentations to leaders and executives
• Define and execute features to improve quality and automation
• Respond promptly and adhere to SLAs for production issues and customer escalations
• Review program OKRs for success and align with the team goals
• Build and manage good relationship with the product management, program management and cross functional teams
• Achieve hiring and retention targets of the team
• Maintain high productivity, morale and growth culture in the team
• Promote best practices and contributing in community presence
• Ensure team is following agile and other set processes
• Act as a mentor/coach to engineers and leads to share your knowledge and expertise

Qualifications

• Bachelor/master's degree in computer science or equivalent
• 10 to 12 years of full stack experience in software development including 3+ years of managerial experience
• Expert in .Net/Java/Python programming language
• Experience of working on AWS Cloud and DevOps (Terraform, Docker, ECS, Kubernetes etc.)
• Experience launching products into production and supporting products/services with strict SLA
• Experience running projects with test automation
• Hands on experience building scalable distributed systems with service-oriented architecture in the containerized environment with public cloud infrastructures.
• Experience building solution using Generative AI preferred

Avalara aspires to be the global cloud compliance platform.

We are the global leader in tax compliance solutions, tackling the complexity of tax systems worldwide so businesses can focus on what they do best. Avalara aspires to be the global cloud compliance platform, touching every transaction in the world. Listen to our CTO, Danny Fields, explain our technology platform in 5 minutes here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im8EVpYJsAs

Our engineering teams in India are growing rapidly to help us expand our product portfolio and strengthen our market leadership. We are seeking experienced and motivated Software Engineers to join our development team and build our cutting-edge tax compliance solutions.

Total Rewards

In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.

Health & Wellness
Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.

Inclusive culture and diversity
Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship.

Flexible hybrid working
We support hybrid work and flexible schedules for our employees.

Learn more about our benefits by region here: https://careers.avalara.com/

We’re Avalara. We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech.

We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing nearly 40 billion customer API calls and over 5 million tax returns a year.

Last year, we became a billion-dollar business, and our tribe expanded by a cool thousand people - there’s nearly 5,000 of us now. Our growth is real, and we’re not slowing down - not until we’ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world.

We’re bright, innovative and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. Ownership and achievement go hand in hand here. We instill passion in our people through the trust we place in them.

We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.

EEO Statement

We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.