What You'll DoAvalara is an AI-first company. We expect every engineer, manager, and leader to actively use AI to enhance productivity, quality, innovation, and customer value. AI is embedded in our workflows and products — and success at Avalara requires embracing AI as an essential capability, not an optional tool.We're looking for an Applications Engineer to join Avalara's People Technology team - a group that builds internal employee systems to simplify how 5,000+ global employees experience work. As an Applications Engineer, you will design, code, and enhance different parts of our digital employee experience ecosystem. This is a newly created role and offers the chance to shape foundational systems from the ground up. You'll build the interfaces, integrations, and automation layers that connect our HR platforms (including Workday) with the rest of our platforms. You will be relied upon to convert product vision and requirements into the finished product. You'll operate with high accountability, working with managers, analysts, and other engineers in a distributed environment. You will report to Manager, People Technology Architecture.
What Your Responsibilities Will Be
- You will work on diverse projects that make our employee experiences seamless, pleasant and efficient for our workforce around the globe.
- You will build secure integrations and tools that improve employee experience and improve people processes globally.
- You will enhance Workday (our primary HRIS), build integrations across systems and build custom interfaces with security and reliability.
- Evaluate, experiment with and rollout AI capabilities to extend product functionality.
- You will manage deliverables from design through deployment, ensuring quality and reliability.
What You’ll Need To Be Successful
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in full-stack software development.
- Proficiency in object-oriented programming languages such as C#, Java or JavaScript.
- Experience approaching and analyzing problem from different angles.
- Solid experience with RESTful APIs, JSON, XML, and other data interchange formats.
- Hands-on experience with AWS services and managing CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with a relational database such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle.
How We’ll Take Care Of YouTotal RewardsIn addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.Health & WellnessBenefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.Inclusive culture and diversityAvalara 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.
