Software Development Engineer IV

What You'll Do:

We are looking for a Senior Technical Lead with expertise in designing SAAS applications and integrations for scale and expertise with full stack technologies development to join our globally distributed Electronic Invoicing & Live Reporting (ELR) team and assist us to become a global leader in the e-invoicing market, and part of every transaction in the world!

We have a phenomenal team working in an open, collaborative environment that makes taxes and compliance less taxing to deal with. It will be up to you and the team to convert the product vision and requirements into a finished product.

You will be Reporting to Senior Engineering Manager. You will work as individual contributor and you will not have managerial Responsibilities.

You will work Remotely in India.

What Your Responsibilities Will Be:

Job Responsibilities

Avalara e-Invoicing and Platforms: Dig into our multi-patented, cloud-native Avalara product suite. We are building a flexible, platform that can handle any opportunity to create and submit electronic invoices and live reporting processes for any industry in any geography. Work with your team to create that while maximizing performance, scalability, and reliability while making it 'oh-so-simple' to operate.

• Design With The Vision In Mind
• Code, Review, Commit
• Create Industry-Leading Products
• Automation vs. People Power. Computers are great for process automation, but there's a limit to what they can do. You and the team will the unique challenges at the intersection of software
• Provide Technical guidance and mentoring the engineers in the team.

What You'll Need to be Successful:

Qualifications

 

• You have experience delivering high-quality features to production with expertise in service-oriented architectures, microservices, and web application development. You understand system performance trade-offs, load balancing, and high availability engineering.
• We're looking for a full-stack developer with expertise in Java, Node.js, and Python, so adaptability is valued. Experience with Java, React, microservices, web services, and REST APIs. 
• We also use MySQL and PostgresDB as our primary transactional RDBMS
• We're expanding our cloud tech stack with Redis, Snowflake, Prometheus, Kafka, Kinesis, and Grafana. We use Docker for containerization, Kubernetes for orchestration, and AWS, though Azure and GCP backgrounds are welcomed.
• Collaborate with other teams to solve challenges and improve code to improve application efficiency.
• Prior experience working in e Invoicing.
• A Bachelor in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field is desirable.
• 12+ Years work experience Required.

 

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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.