Job Description

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 material, properties and techniques used in production. You'll report to the Director, Site Reliability Engineering.
This is a remote opportunity.
POSITION: Sr. Software Engineer
WORK LOCATION: 512 S Mangum Street, Suite 100, Durham, NC 27701 (Telecommuting permitted anywhere within in the U.S.) What Your Responsibilities Will Be:
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 any governmental agency reliability objectives. Develop new acceleration techniques and analytical tools to assure the 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. May 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 deploy practices and move towards a globally distributed infrastructure. Tool and education that will help teams migrate from their existing container ecosystem to Kubernetes. Conduct workshops to evangelize and educate about the infrastructure platform. Proactively work with other SRE teams within the org to identify potential integration areas that are a source of friction and eliminate them. Administer Kubernetes related changes across multiple cloud providers. Build tools for the cloud infrastructure platform using Go, Python, or Terraform to automate away things. On-board feature development teams. Troubleshoot and support the platform. Telecommute permitted from anywhere in the U.S. What You'll Need to be Successful:
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate enterprise level experience in a site reliability engineering-related occupation, including 5 years of experience in each of the following:

• Managing Kubernetes operations across multiple cloud providers
• Building tools for cloud infrastructure platforms with Go, Python, and Terraform;
• Distributed computing, including architecting, developing, and deploying distributed services across cloud platforms and regions;
• AWS and Azure;
• MySQL and PostgreSQL;
• Experience in a Saas environment; and
• Writing technical documents.

All experience may be gained concurrently.
All qualification claims will undergo rigorous verification to ensure accuracy. Avalara is an AI-first Company:
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. How We'll Take Care of You:
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: 40+ hours per week; $213,173.78 per year.
Base pay may be based on various factors, such as geographic location, candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations. This role is eligible for an annual bonus based on individual and company performance depending on the terms of the applicable plan and the employee's role.
Avalara's benefits for eligible employees includes company benefits such as medical, dental, and vision coverage, life, AD&D, and disability insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, 17 days of 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 or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice, unless otherwise required by law.
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.
What You Need To Know About Avalara:
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.

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