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Software Development Engineer

Avalara

Avalara

Software Engineering
Brazil · Brazil
Posted on Aug 7, 2025

Descrição do trabalho

O que você fará

Avalara is an AI-first company. We expect every engineer, manager, and leader to actively leverage AI to enhance productivity, quality, innovation, and customer value. AI is embedded in our workflows, decision-making, and products — and success at Avalara requires embracing AI as an essential capability, not an optional tool.

  • Develop cloud-based tax compliance solutions to support transactions worldwide.
  • Convert product visions and requirements into finished products.
  • Work with the Avalara e-Invoicing and Live Reporting (ELR) suite, a multi-patented, cloud-native platform for electronic invoicing and live reporting across industries and geographies.
  • Design software with a focus on performance, scalability, and reliability, simplifying complex systems.
  • Code, review, and commit high-quality software using modern libraries and frameworks, and languages.
  • Participate in project estimation, scoping, and code reviews, enhancing the development process.
  • Inspire creativity by building main areas within our platform and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.
  • Solve challenges at the intersection of software automation and human expertise for maximum efficiency.
  • You will report directly to the team's Tech Lead.


Quais serão as suas responsabilidades

  • Collaborate with teams in an open, environment to provide software solutions.
  • Ensure the ELR platform is flexible, and able to handle electronic invoicing and compliance processes for any industry, anywhere.
  • Translate technical requirements into clear software designs and architectural documentation.
  • Influence technical decisions, sharing knowledge to improve team productivity and effectiveness.
  • Document software functionality, including public APIs and customer-facing UIs.
  • Manage critical components of Avalara’s platform, ensuring continuous improvement and optimization.
  • Promote a culture of bold thinking, encouraging experimentation.
  • Leverage AI copilots, code generation tools, and assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot, AmazonQ, ChatGPT) to improve coding efficiency, testing, documentation, and prototyping.
  • Continuously upskill in AI-related technologies applicable to daily work.

O que precisa possuir para ser bem sucedido

  • You have a completed degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of expeirence.
  • You’re fluent in English, with communication skills to collaborate in an international team.
  • You have hands-on experience as a Full-Stack Developer, working with both front-end and back-end technologies.
  • You’ve worked with technologies like Java, React, Angular, or similar frameworks, and you’re stay informed about relevant technology trends and developments.
  • You understand cloud-based platforms and have experience with modern development frameworks and best practices.
  • You’re experienced at turning complex requirements into scalable, reliable, and user-friendly solutions.

This is a remote role.

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Como cuidaremos de você

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.


O que você precisa saber sobre Avalara

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.