Principal Software Engineer/ Archit...

About the Role

Avalara is modernizing its global registration, licensing, and compliance platforms to make complex tax and regulatory work faster, more scalable, and easier for customers to navigate. As a Principal Software Engineer/Architect in AI, you will lead architecture for cloud-native, compliance-critical platforms supporting automation, workflow orchestration, intelligent decisioning, and reusable shared services.

Responsibilities

• Shape architecture for jurisdiction-aware global registration and licensing services.
• Lead modernization work consolidating capabilities while decoupling user experiences to improve scalability.
• Architect rules engines, decision systems, and workflow orchestration for long-running compliance operations.
• Design AI-assisted automation systems with human oversight, explainability, auditability, privacy, and operational control.
• Establish scalable data models, governance strategies, and integration patterns for complex regulatory data.
• Partner cross-functionally to deliver platform capabilities that improve customer outcomes.
• Set standards for performance, reliability, security, observability, and resiliency.
• Mentor engineers in ownership, simplification, AI-enabled engineering practices, and long-term sustainability.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
• 15+ years of software engineering experience including enterprise-scale platform architecture and modernization.
• Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and DevOps practices.
• Experience building rules-based, policy-driven workflow systems requiring auditability and regulatory control.
• Demonstrated applied AI experience including responsible use of large language models, agents, intelligent decisioning, or workflow automation to drive operational improvements.

Avalara is an AI-first Company: Success here requires embracing AI as an essential capability. You will apply AI daily to business challenges and stay curious about new trends and best practices.