We're looking for a driven, detail-oriented Corporate Counsel to join our high-impact global legal team, based in São Paulo. You'll play a key role in supporting commercial operations across Latin America and beyond. In this role, you will:

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts—including SaaS agreements, vendor arrangements, NDAs, and strategic partnerships.
• Support our expansion efforts in Latin America by researching local laws and regulatory frameworks, and coordinating with external counsel as needed.
• Help design and refine scalable legal processes, including contract templates and playbooks.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams (Sales, Ops, Product, etc.) to align legal outcomes with business goals.
• Stay on top of evolving legal landscapes in Brazil and key LATAM jurisdictions, and share relevant insights with the team.
• Provide support for corporate governance, internal policies, and compliance matters.

• Support the global commercial legal team, handling matters outside Brazil and LATAM.
• Be the go-to legal partner for commercial matters in Brazil and LATAM.
• Manage contract workflows and negotiate directly with partners, vendors, and customers.
• Identify legal risks and provide practical, business-forward guidance to stakeholders.
• Collaborate across global time zones to support a cohesive and responsive legal function.
• Keep legal operations smooth, efficient, and in step with a scaling tech business.

• Law degree and licensed to practice in Brazil.
• 3-5 years of experience in a law firm or in-house legal department, preferably with exposure to commercial contracts and/or technology companies.
• Strong understanding of contract law and basic familiarity with international business practices.
• Excellent written and spoken English and Portuguese; Spanish is a plus.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, international environment and collaborating across time zones.
• Proactive, curious, and eager to grow professionally within a global legal team.​

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.

We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech.

We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing over 54 billion customer API calls and over 6.6 million tax returns a year. Our growth is real - we're a billion dollar business - and we’re not slowing down 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. We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.

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.