The Global Analytics & Insights (GAI) team is looking for a Data Engineer to help build and scale the data infrastructure powering Avalara's most critical data assets. You will work across our modern data stack—including Snowflake, dbt, Python, Terraform, and Airflow—to design, implement, and maintain robust data pipelines and data models.

Along the way, you'll become a key expert in Avalara's financial, sales, and marketing data domains. We're looking for someone who values solving real-world data challenges, understands the importance of scalable, reliable systems, and is excited about building with modern engineering best practices in mind. This will report to the Senior Director, Data & Analytics Engineering.

This is a remote opportunity. #LI-Remote

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

• Design clear and functional data models grounded in a strong understanding of business needs and complex, disparate data sources

• Build and maintain scalable, efficient, and production-grade ELT pipelines using dbt, Python, and other tools

• Develop modular, well-tested dbt models that serve as the foundation for a wide range of data products and analytics use cases

• Lead the orchestration and transformation logic, ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and freshness across environments

• Partner with analysts, product managers, and partners to translate nuanced requirements into scalable technical solutions

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field

• Minimum of 4 years experience in data engineering field, with strong proficiency in SQL

• Minimum of 4 years experience with Git, including collaborating across multiple repositories with other engineers

• Minimum of 2 years working with Snowflake

• Minimum of 2 years working with dbt

• Knowledge of AWS services within the data ecosystem

• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices for data workflows

Pay Range Details

The base pay range(s) below are provided in compliance with state specific laws. Pay ranges may be different in other locations.

Colorado $97,400-$155,800 (annually)

Washington $97,400-$172,000 (annually)

California $97,400-$172,000 (annually)

NYC $107,600-$188,600 (annually)

The pay range above is the general base pay range for you in the state listed. Your actual salary/wage may be based on several factors, such as geographic location, candidate experience and qualifications, market and business considerations. This role is eligible for an annual bonus based on company performance, depending on the terms of the applicable plan and your role.

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.