Software Engineer III

What You'll Do

Avalara is an AI-first company. We expect every engineer, manager, and leader to actively leverage AI to enhance productivity, quality, innovation, and customer value. AI is embedded in our workflows, decision-making, and products — and success at Avalara requires embracing AI as an essential capability, not an optional tool. We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to lead in the updating of solutions used by some of our largest customers including national governments.

You will report directly to the senior manager of the department and you will bring expertise in architectural principles, system design best practices, driving the creation of platforms that address complex challenges and empower global organizations. You will demand a blend of technical leadership and hands-on execution.

• This is a fully remote position; however, only candidates residing in Brazil will be accepted.

What Your Responsibilities Will Be

• Contribute to hands-on software development: Participate in daily coding tasks, collaborating with teams to solve complex technical challenges, design scalable solutions, and contribute directly to the delivery of high-quality software;
• Optimization Focus: Address performance, scalability, observability, and security challenges through design and optimization strategies;
• Collaboration: Partner with product managers, UX designers, and team members to align technical solutions with our goals. Represent the team in architectural review boards;
• Documentation: Create comprehensive technical documentation, including system diagrams, architectural decisions, and design patterns;
• Risk Management: Find and address technical risks, ensuring long-term sustainability and understanding of team goals;
• Leverage AI copilots, code generation tools, and assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot, AmazonQ, ChatGPT) to improve coding efficiency, testing, documentation, and prototyping.
• Continuously upskill in AI-related technologies applicable to daily work.

What You'll Need to be Successful

• Experience: 3+ years in software development and architecture, with demonstrated expertise in building large-scale, distributed systems for enterprise environments;
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field;
• Proficiency in C# or Java;
• Experience building, maintaining, and supporting foundational shared services supporting cloud-native applications;
• Proficiency in RESTful APIs, OAuth, and secure authentication protocols;
• Experience with streaming technologies such as Kafka and databases such as Postgres and MongoDB;
• Hands-on experience with public cloud providers and DevOps tools (e.g., Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, and GCP).
• Development Practices: Agile methodologies, TDD, and CI/CD pipelines;
• Soft Skills: Experience approaching a problem from different angles, analyzing pros and cons of different solutions; Experience communicating updates and resolutions to customers and other partners, and an approach to driving innovation;
• English Fluency: Fluent English is a requirement for this role.
• Only resumes submitted in English will be considered.
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