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A mature enterprise software company is building internal automation infrastructure around AI orchestration platforms, signaling a shift from point automation to company-wide AI-driven process transformation as a core operational capability.
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What You'll Do</h3>
Role Summary </strong></p> As Avalara scales its AI-first enterprise systems, workflows, and automation footprint, we must reimagine how work is automated, orchestrated, and continuously improved across every function. This role exists to establish and engineer an enterprise-grade AI automation and transformation ecosystem, with n8n as a core platform, enabling faster process transformation, intelligent workflow execution, and measurable gains in productivity, quality, and operational scale.</p> This is a high-impact individual contributor role responsible for elevating automation standards, reducing manual work and process friction, and enabling AI-powered transformation across the organization.</p> How This Role Elevates Avalara </strong></p> This role strengthens Avalara's enterprise automation and transformation capability by establishing scalable, secure, and measurable AI orchestration standards across the organization.</p> This AI Automation Engineer will:</p> Bar Raiser Expectations</strong></p> As a Bar Raiser, this role is expected to elevate the capability and execution rigor of the entire automation and transformation function, not simply contribute as a senior engineer. This includes:</p> This role does not only build automation, it transforms how work is engineered, automated, governed, and scaled across Avalara.</p> Enterprise AI Automation Leadership </strong></p> Platform Ownership (n8n) </strong></p> Standards &; Governance </strong></p> Technical Mentorship &; Delivery Excellence </strong></p> 12-Month Success Signals </strong></p> Within the first 12 months, this role will have:</p> AI Expectations</strong></p> As an AI-first company, Avalara expects this role to embed AI into how automation and transformation work is designed and executed.</p> This role will:</p> This role must demonstrate applied AI impact — not casual tool usage — and quantify improvements enabled by AI-driven automation and transformation.</p> What You Bring</strong></p> Pay Range Details</p> The base pay range(s) below are provided in compliance with state specific laws. Pay ranges may be different in other locations.</p> Colorado $126,000-$201,600 (annually)</p> Washington $126,000-$222,800 (annually)</p> California $126,000-$244,000 (annually)</p> NYC $139,200-$244,000(annually)</p> The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the state listed. The successful candidate's actual salary/wage may be based on various factors, such as geographic location, candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations. This role is eligible for an annual bonus based on individual and company performance, depending on the terms of the applicable plan and the employee's role.</p> AI is embedded in our workflows, decision-making, and products.  Success here requires embracing AI as an essential capability.</span></p> You’ll bring experience using AI and AI-related technologies, ready to thrive here.</span></p></li> You’ll apply AI every day to business challenges - improving efficiency, contributing solutions, and driving results for your team, our company, and our customers.</span></p></li> 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.</span></p></li></ul> Total Rewards </u></span></p> In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses. </span></p> Health &; Wellness</u> </span> Inclusive culture and diversit</u>y </span> We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech.</span></p> 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.</span></p> 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.</span></p> We’re An Equal Opportunity Employer</span></strong></p> 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.</span></p>What Your Responsibilities Will Be</h3>
What You’ll Need To Be Successful</h3>
Avalara is an AI-first Company</h3>
How We’ll Take Care Of You</h3>
Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance. </span></p>
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. </span></p>What You Need To Know About Avalara</h3>
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