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People Analytics - Data Engineering

Avalara

Avalara

Software Engineering, People & HR, Data Science
India · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Washington, DC, USA · Panchsil Society, Rajkot, Gujarat4, India
Posted on Jan 8, 2026

Job Description

What You'll Do

Based in our Pune office and working in a hybrid setup, reporting to Manager, you will enable the HR team to use data to make informed decisions. You will partner with engineering to integrate and maintain people data across systems, collaborating with both HR stakeholders and technical teams. You will design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines using tools like Snowflake, dbt, and Fivetran. You will also implement and optimize ELT processes to ensure data is accurate, reliable, and ready for use.


What Your Responsibilities Will Be

On a daily basis, you will build, monitor, and improve data pipelines to ensure people data is reliable, accessible, and ready for analysis. You will troubleshoot data issues to minimize impact on HR operations, work with engineering to integrate data across systems, and handle all data following governance and privacy standards that you will ensure. You will develop and maintain SQL queries and scripts to support reporting and analytics, while protecting data quality and integrity across HR platforms. Alongside this, you will document processes, enable HR team members through technical support and training, and strengthen data infrastructure to improve performance and scalability.


What You'll Need to be Successful

  • You have experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar role.
  • You have documentation skills, ensuring models are understandable and maintainable by all stakeholders.
  • You have proficiency in SQL and deep experience with modern data stack tools (Snowflake, dbt, Fivetran, and GitLab).
  • You can translate requirements into data models.
  • You have experience with ELT processes and data pipeline development.
  • You have knowledge of data security and privacy regulations and have implemented techniques such as row level security or data masking to keep data safe.
  • You hold a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • You have experience with Workday reporting, calculated fields, RaaS.
  • Plus if you have experience with Workday, ICIMS, Workramp, Gallup, Espresa, Adaptive, or Salesforce.
  • Plus if you have experience with Power BI, data marts within Power BI.
  • Plus if you have experience using a scripting language such as Python to automate ELT processes.

#LI-Hybrid


Avalara is an AI-first Company

AI is embedded in our workflows, decision-making, and products. Success here requires embracing AI as an essential capability.

  • You’ll bring experience using AI and AI-related technologies, ready to thrive here.

  • You’ll apply AI every day to business challenges - improving efficiency, contributing solutions, and driving results for your team, our company, and our customers.

  • You’ll grow with AI by staying curious about new trends and best practices, and by sharing what you learn so others can benefit too.


How We'll Take Care of You

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.


What You Need To Know About 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.