Software Development Engineer

What You'll Do

What You’ll Do

Be a part of building the future of tax technology!

We are seeking a top-performing, versatile, and passionate Software Engineer with over 4 years of experience in software development for an open position in our Content Engineering department, where we curate all the tax content needs for various Avalara product suites. The ideal candidate will have experience developing software components and APIs on Cloud and is skilled in Test Driven Development, Cloud technology and CI/CD.As a Software Engineer, you will design and develop software that processes compliance content: Sourcing by web scraping, Extracting using Machine Learning and Structure content using microservices, rule engines and informational modeling to manage content. You will collaborate with technical lead and business users to design, develop components, test and launch software. You will diligently review code and be a guard for software quality. Additionally, as a gracious presenter and communicator, you should be capable of building strong relationships with peers, partners, and leadership.This chance to contribute as a Software Engineer provides an enriching environment for professional development, collaborative innovation, and significant contributions to the organization's success.

About The Content Platform

Avalara's Content Platform is the foundation of our tax compliance solutions. It plays a critical role in ensuring accurate and up-to-date tax content is delivered to our clients. As a Technical Lead, you will have the chance to directly influence this vital platform and our clients' success.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop re-useable software components in Content Platform
• Review design specifications and create technical documents
• Maintain and improve existing features
• Work closely with engineers and expert groups on code reviews and test plans
• Mentor and coach engineers
• Champion and implement agile/scrum processes to ensure efficient and high-quality development.
• Address non-functional requirements like security, performance, and load for the platform, ensuring its stability and scalability.
  

What You'll Need to be Successful

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/master’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in a software development role
• Experience with designing, implementing, and consuming REST APIs using Java, Python, Go lang or C#.
• Experience with Cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience with SQL or NoSQL technologies.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Terraform).
• Experience with distributed source control tools and development workflow (GitLab or similar).
• Knowledge of design patterns
  

About The Team

Content Engineering department within Avalara owns and develops platform and applications to process content that powers Avalara's products. The problems we solve are challenging and geographically diverse; we employ latest technologies in Cloud Computing, AI/ML and SRE to engineer robust and flexible solutions that solve problems at scale.

About Avalara

We’re Avalara. We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech.We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing nearly 40 billion customer API calls and over 5 million tax returns a year.Last year, we became a billion-dollar business, and our tribe expanded by a cool thousand people - there’s nearly 5,000 of us now. Our growth is real, and we’re not slowing down - not 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. Ownership and achievement go hand in hand here. We instill passion in our people through the trust we place in them.We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.

EEO Statement

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.