Software Engineer - Java

Avalara is accelerating delivery of AI-enabled capabilities across our compliance platform to improve customer experience, increase engineering velocity, and scale global operations efficiently. As a Software Engineer working on our E-Invoicing and Live Reporting (ELR) product, you will elevate platform reliability, accelerate AI-enabled product delivery, and raise engineering standards across a globally distributed team. You'll directly influence delivery speed, system resilience, and AI adoption within engineering workflows and product capabilities.

At Avalara, we're building the future of tax compliance, and this role improves not only output but how work gets done—embedding AI into development workflows and strengthening architectural discipline to support global transaction growth.

• Deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing backend and frontend systems that support Avalara’s global compliance platform.

• Increase development efficiency by embedding AI-assisted coding, testing, documentation, and architectural exploration into daily workflows.

• Contribute to AI-enabled product features that enhance automation, data processing, and customer-facing intelligence.

• Improve deployment frequency, code quality, and automated test coverage through CI/CD and engineering best practices.

• Reduce production incidents and improve system observability through thoughtful architecture and proactive monitoring.

• Lead technical design discussions and influence architectural decisions for complex distributed systems.

• Raise team performance standards through technical leadership, mentoring, and strong ownership.

• Collaborate effectively with global engineering, product, and business stakeholders.

• Strong hands-on experience with Java building scalable APIs and services.

• Strong experience with React (TypeScript) building maintainable frontend applications.

• Experience designing and operating distributed systems and RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs.

• Experience with AWS cloud environments, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab).

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments, as well as relational and/or NoSQL databases.

• Strong knowledge of automated testing strategies.

• Demonstrated hands-on AI usage that improved measurable business or engineering outcomes (casual usage is insufficient).

• B.S. in Computer Science or Engineering, with 3+ years of professional software engineering experience aligned to senior-level scope.

• Strong English communication skills (written and spoken) for global collaboration.

• Preferred: Experience in SaaS, enterprise-scale platforms, compliance, financial systems, or regulated domains.

• A "Bar Raiser" mentality: High standards of ownership, quality, and accountability, with a track record of improving peer performance and leaving systems stronger than you found them.

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.

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.

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.