Software Development Engineer V

This role carries explicit Agentic AI expectations.

Casual or passive AI use is not sufficient —
AI must materially change what you and the team can deliver.
Accelerate your own engineering:
- Use AI-assisted coding tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or equivalent) in your daily
workflow and demonstrate measurable gains — reduced cycle time, higher test
coverage, faster code reviews, or improved documentation quality.
- Apply LLMs to accelerate design documentation, runbook authoring, API specification
drafting, and code review commentary.
- Critically evaluate all AI-generated outputs and apply sound engineering judgment — AI
assists; you own the result.

- Delivered at least one production-grade agentic AI capability — such as an autonomous
classification agent that retrieves product evidence and improves coverage — with
measurable accuracy improvement.
- Led the design and delivery of one significant architectural improvement to the
classification platform (e.g., a new intake integration, a new API layer, or a reliability
upgrade).
- Measurably improved engineering velocity for the India team through AI-assisted
development practices — demonstrable through cycle time, test coverage, or deployment
frequency metrics.
- Contributed to at least one MCP server tool expansion enabling external AI agents or
partner platforms to consume classification capabilities.
- Grown at least two junior engineers through regular mentoring, with documented
improvements in their scope of ownership and delivery quality.
- Established or improved at least one team engineering standard (testing, code review,
observability, or architectural

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.

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. 

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.

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.