Senior Software Engineer - Data Engineering, SQL | Remote

What You'll Do

About The Team

Join the Usage Service and OPUS teams to innovate with impact, building scalable, modern solutions that power millions worldwide. As a Data Engineer, you will excel in a data-driven environment, shaping the future with advanced analytics, real-time processing, and AI-driven insights. Partner with top talent, use the latest technologies, and accelerate your career in a culture that values learning, creativity, and new ideas. Candidate will report to Sr. Manager, Software Engineering.

Responsibilities

What Your Responsibilities Will Be

• Design scalable data pipelines to collect and analyze security-related data from multiple sources.
• Apply best practices for data integrity, reliability, and scalability in security data pipelines.
• Collaborate with partner security teams, leadership, and engineering to implement security solutions that reduces risks in Avalara's cloud environments.
• Develop automated, cloud-native solutions across multiple hyperscale cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI).
• Ensure compliance with security standards, regulations, and industry best practices, working with compliance teams to implement necessary controls and reporting mechanisms.
• You will create regular reports on pipeline performance, data quality, and security incidents.

What You’ll Need To Be Successful

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or relevant experience.
• 5+ years of professional experience in data engineering and design roles.
• Expert-level proficiency in SQL.
• Experience architecting complex data marts using dbt and Airflow.
• Experience designing and implementing data solutions that ensure and anomaly detection.
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake for production analytics.
• Experience with DevOps/DataOps practices, including Git and Terraform.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD).
• Knowledge of AWS data engineering ecosystem and data security best practices.
• Experience designing secure cloud architectures across AWS, GCP, Azure, or OCI.
• Experience with Identity and Access Management (IAM), RBAC Automation, and data security frameworks.

Good To Have

• Familiarity with global data security requirements such as GDPR, SOC 2, US privacy regulations, and PII protection.
• AWS or other professional data security certifications.
• Proficiency in data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, Hex, R-Shiny) and data storytelling.

This is a remote role.

How We’ll Take Care Of You

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.

Learn more about our benefits by region here: Avalara North America

What You Need To Know 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, and this year we became a billion-dollar business_._ Our growth is real, 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. 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.

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.