Lead the design and delivery of Avalara’s AI-enabled data platform. You’ll build scalable data pipelines, shared data models, and production AI workflows that power both customer-facing products and internal decision-making. This role operates as a senior individual contributor in a player–coach model, combining hands-on engineering with technical leadership and mentorship.

This is a hands-on Staff role with technical leadership responsibilities - setting direction, mentoring engineers, and building systems using Snowflake, DBT, and AI capabilities like LLMs and Snowflake Cortex. our work will directly influence how Avalara delivers trusted insights, improves operational efficiency, and scales its compliance platform.

• Design and build scalable data pipelines and shared semantic models using SQL, Python, DBT, Snowflake, Airflow, and AWS
• Develop AI-enabled data quality frameworks using DBT, including automated rule generation, anomaly detection, and documentation
• Build and deploy LLM-based solutions such as Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines and agentic workflows using Snowflake Cortex
• Architect AI-native data pipelines that integrate LLMs, vector search, and orchestration frameworks
• Partner with engineering, product, and business teams to define metrics, enforce governance, and ensure data reliability
• Lead architecture decisions, conduct design reviews, and contribute hands-on to critical systems
• Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar across the team
• Translate complex data and AI outputs into clear insights that influence business decisions

• Bachelor/master’s degree in computer science or engineering
• 9+ years of experience building large-scale data systems in cloud environments
• Expert-level SQL and Python for building pipelines, data models, and automation frameworks
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake, DBT, Airflow, and AWS, including AI/ML integration
• Experience building and deploying LLM-based systems such as RAG pipelines and prompt-driven workflows
• Proven ability to define shared metrics and build semantic layers used across teams
• Strong technical leadership skills, including mentoring and influencing cross-functional partners

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.