What You'll Do At Avalara, we are building the global cloud compliance platform!
Our engineering teams are diverse in their engineering practices, culture, and background.
We are building an Infrastructure Platform that aims to reduce friction, increase agility, predictability, and provide the necessary flexibility and control to engineering teams while maintaining a very high operational bar.As a Software Engineer, you will be part of a team responsible for the design, architecture, and operations of our next generation cross platform and multi cloud platform as a service.
Our focus is to tap into the power of software engineering for solving technical and organizational problems that concern infrastructure.Part of the work lies in coding our platform, which requires strong knowledge of C#, but we have several uses for languages like Golang, Python and Node.js so this is an excellent opportunity for new challenges.Minimum Requirements Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Information Systems or Computer Engineering5+ years' experience in software engineeringProven, real-world experience in architecting and maintaining big data, enterprise-level applicationsExperience in C#In-depth experience with relational databases SQL-ANSI basedAWS: S3, SQS, EKSApache KafkaUnderstanding of security protocols and best practicesExperience in supporting SaaS productsCI/CD experience using automation tools such as Gitlab pipelinesFluent EnglishAs it is a position with international interaction teams, only resumes sent in English will be consideredWhat You'll Need To Be Successful This might be a good fit for you, if…writing clean, readable, testable, and performant code gives you joytranslating unknowns into knowns excites youreading a distributed systems paper is your thingonce, twice, automate resonates with you releases equal progress to youSome broad areas of work are…Developing platform tooling and APIsWorking with gRPC and HTTP based servicesMature the organization's tooling to standardize deploy practices and move towards a globally distributed infrastructureTools and education that will help teams migrate from their existing container ecosystem to KubernetesConduct workshops to evangelize and educate about the infrastructure platformProactively work with other SRE teams within the org to identify potential integration areas that are a source of friction and eliminate themHere's how a typical week looks like:Building tools for the cloud infrastructure platform using Golang, Python, or Terraform to automate away thingsOnboarding feature development teamsTroubleshoot and support the platformCoding using C#You have a background in…Linux Fundamentals : Solid experience with the administration, security hardening, and performance tuning of one or more distributions of LinuxTroubleshooting : A passion for tracking down technical root causes of distributed systems, and softwareObservability : Experience with developing service level indicators and objectives, instrumenting software, and building alertsSoftware Engineering : An understanding of software engineering fundamentals with experience developing software with a team of engineers.
Strong experience in the practice of testingAutomation : A strong desire to automate all of the things and eliminate toilContainers : A solid understanding of the underpinnings of container technology such as cgroups and namespacesContainer Orchestration Systems : Experience with the operations and development of orchestration systems such as Kubernetes, ECS, Mesos, NomadInfrastructure-as-Code : Experience with deploying and maintaining infrastructure as code with tools such as Terraform, PulumiTechnical Writing : Most of the services we develop are greenfield, and you will need to build documentation and diagrams for other engineering teamsCustomer Satisfaction : Keen eye for customer satisfaction (our customers are other engineering teams and Avalara customers)Passion for Learning : Interest in the broader technology space with a constant desire to expand your understandingAdaptability: Experience working on a variety of projects.
In short, we want people with T-shaped skillsYou stand out from the crowd if you have …Kubernetes : Experience with the operations and administration of KubernetesDistributed Computing : Experience architecting, developing, and deploying distributed services across regions and cloudsTechnical Writing : writing technical documents that people love and adoreOpen Source: Build side-projects or contribute to other open-source projectsHelm Package Manager: Experience using inmost complex Kubernetes applicationHow We'll Take Care Of You Total RewardsIn addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.Health & WellnessBenefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.Inclusive culture and diversityAvalara 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 AmericaWhat 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.
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.We're An Equal Opportunity EmployerSupporting 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.
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