Sr. Manager, Software Engineering

What You'll Do

Avalara is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead distributed engineering teams building scalable, cloud-native SaaS solutions. You will help drive execution, improve engineering quality and reliability, and deliver secure, high-performance systems that simplify tax compliance for customers. You will report to the Director of Engineering.

What The Team Does

The engineering teams build and evolve cloud-native platforms supporting tax compliance across large-scale transaction environments. They focus on creating a platform for customer experiences and user interfaces with scalable architecture, strong engineering fundamentals, operational excellence, and modern development tools and practices that enhance speed, quality, and customer experience.

What You Will Do

• Lead and develop distributed engineering teams delivering scalable SaaS solutions
• Define and execute the technology roadmap for a best-in-class web platform
• Drive predictable, high-quality execution across multiple Scrum teams
• Support architectural decisions that improve scalability, performance, security, and cost efficiency
• Strengthen CI/CD, automation, and DevOps practices to improve deployment speed and quality
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders, including Product, UX, Architecture, and other stakeholders, to align technical work with priorities
• Hire, coach, and develop engineers
• Use metrics to guide decisions and continuous improvement
• Strengthen engineering fundamentals across object-oriented design, microservices, APIs, and secure development
• Lead adoption of AI-enabled development practices that improve team effectiveness

What You’ll Need To Be Successful

• Raise and continuously advance Avalara's AI engineering capability
• Apply AI across coding, testing, operations, and engineering workflows to drive measurable improvements in productivity, quality, and delivery speed
• Introduce new AI tools, establish best practices, and operationalize AI-driven development
• Mentor engineers on applied AI techniques and identify strategic opportunities for meaningful innovation and automation
• Bring experience using AI and AI-related technologies, ready to thrive in this role
• Apply AI every day to business challenges, improving efficiency, contributing solutions, and driving results for your team, our company, and our customers
• Grow with AI by staying curious about new trends and best practices, and sharing what you learn with others

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. Avalara supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into business practices and organizational culture. Employee-run resource groups are available.

What You Need To Know About Avalara

We define the relationship between tax and tech. Processing over 54 billion customer API calls and 6.6 million tax returns annually, we're a billion-dollar business aiming to be part of every transaction worldwide. Our culture empowers our people to win, and we embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion. Join us, and your career will be too. We're an equal opportunity employer.