Sr. Software Engineer

What You’ll Do

Avalara is an AI‑first company. We expect every engineer and manager to 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.

As a Sr. Software Engineer, you will evaluate, from a reliability standpoint, the materials, properties and techniques used in production. You’ll report to the Director, Site Reliability Engineering. This is a remote opportunity.

Sr. Software Engineer

Work location:

512 S Mangum Street, Suite 100, Durham, NC 27701 (Telecommuting permitted anywhere within the U.S.)

• Evaluate, from a reliability standpoint, the materials, properties and techniques used in production.
• Advise design engineering on selection, application and test of electronic components and systems.
• Recommend design or test methods and statistical process control procedures for achieving required levels of product reliability.
• Determine reliability requirements of components and systems to achieve company, customer and governmental agency reliability objectives.
• Develop new acceleration techniques and analytical tools to assure early identification of potential problems with new products, packaging, processes, and product reliability.
• Make recommendations for changes in the selection and application of components and systems.
• Propose changes in design or formulation to improve system and/or process reliability.
• Streamline Kubernetes operations across multiple cloud providers.
• Mature the organization’s tooling to standardize deployment practices and move toward a globally distributed infrastructure.
• Build tools for the cloud infrastructure platform using Go, Python, or Terraform to automate repetitive tasks.
• On‑board feature development teams and troubleshoot/support the platform.

Proactively work with other SRE teams to identify potential integration areas that are sources of friction and eliminate them.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 5 years of progressive, post‑baccalaureate enterprise‑level experience in a site reliability engineering‑related role.
• Experience managing Kubernetes operations across multiple cloud providers.
• Experience building cloud‑infrastructure tools with Go, Python, and Terraform.
• Distributed computing experience, including architecting, developing, and deploying services across cloud platforms and regions.
• Proficiency with AWS and Azure.
• Experience with MySQL and Postgre
  
  SQL.
• Worked in a SaaS environment.
• Strong technical writing skills.

• Bring experience using AI and AI‑related technologies to thrive in our AI‑first culture.
• Apply AI daily to business challenges – improving efficiency and driving results for teams, the company, and customers.
• Stay curious about new AI trends and best practices, and share learnings to benefit others.

40+ hours per week; $ per year (base pay). Base pay may vary based on location, experience, and market considerations. The role is eligible for an annual bonus based on individual and company performance.

Avalara offers benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability insurance, a 401(k) plan, 17 days paid time off annually, 12 paid holidays, paid parental leave, an employee assistance program, and subsidized transportation options for commuters. All benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and Avalara reserves the right to modify them at any time.

Avalara supports diversity, equity, and inclusion. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected characteristics. Please let us know if reasonable adjustments are required during the recruitment process.

We are an equal‑opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a culture that values diverse perspectives and innovative thinking. All qualified candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.