What You'll Do
Avalara is looking for a
Technical Lead to drive forward and oversee exciting new projects across our VAT Platform suite of products and services. We are growing and evolving our products and are looking for motivated people to join us on this journey. A successful candidate will be a well-rounded, experienced technical lead with a proven track record of leading and enabling teams in the design, build and testing of enterprise level software solutions.
- Delivery of scalable and secure software solutions
- Harbour dependent technical expertise across multiple projects/teams
- Collaborate with various stakeholders (Product, Engineering, Security etc.) to establish solution specification and leverage deep technical knowledge to oversee execution
- Analyse current solutions and procedures to identify holistic areas for improvement
- Oversee and advocate for high technical standards
- Lead the development and maintenance of enterprise level engineering strategies
- Provide support and guidance for junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth within the organisation (force multiplier, drive components of multiple teams, up-level those around you)
- Communication of problems/solutions with VPs and other members of senior management
What You'll Need to be Successful
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science
- Expert knowledge of C# (.NET) and other common languages (Java, JS)
- Expert knowledge of DevOps (AWS, CICD, TF, K8)
- Expert knowledge of source control tools such as GitLab
- Strong understanding of object-oriented design & development and common design patterns
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server/ any other RDBMS
- Strong knowledge of Entity Framework
- Strong knowledge of Web Services
Experience
General
- Minimum of 12 years of experience in software delivery at an enterprise level
- Minimum of 3 years of experience at a Senior Technical Lead level
- Experience in leading teams and mentoring junior engineers to success
- Experience in providing constructive feedback (technical and non-technical) to ensure the best results for the company are met
- Experience in the communication of technical challenges and solutions to a wide range of audiences
- Experience working and liaising with various stakeholders (Product, Programme, Customer Support)
- Experience working within dispersed non co-located teams
- Experience in agile methodologies and processes
- Experience working with JIRA
Technical
- Experience in complex solutions architecture design
- Experience in delivering microservice oriented software services
- Experience in delivering business value within the contraints of monolithic software applications
- Experience in the deployment of monitoring and alerting tools to enterprise level applications
- Experience in the development and maintenance of enterprise level engineering strategies
- Experience in analysing and troubleshooting complex issues and critical production problems
Other
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Demonstrable high standards of excellence
- Track record of a high level of technical judgement, ownership, and execution
- Proven ability to make things happen and meet commitments
Optional (preffered)
- Experience in similar business domain or demonstrable experience in building and articulating business domain knowledge
About Avalara
We're Avalara. We're defining the relationship between tax and tech.
We've already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing nearly 40 billion customer API calls and over 5 million tax returns a year.
Last year, we became a billion-dollar business
, and our tribe expanded by a cool thousand people - there's nearly 5,000 of us now. Our growth is real, and we're not slowing down - not 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. Ownership and achievement go hand in hand here. We instill passion in our people through the trust we place in them.
We've been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.
EEO Statement
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.
