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Avalara is betting heavily on real-time e-invoicing and continuous transaction reporting as a core business driver, signaling that regulatory compliance infrastructure is shifting from batch/post-audit to live, API-first systems that require deep platform architecture work.
As countries across the globe mandate continuous transaction controls and electronic invoicing, Avalara’s ELR platform is at the forefront of digital commerce transformation. The systems and integration tools you build will directly power how enterprises seamlessly connect their core business applications to tax authorities across the globe, ensuring uninterrupted business operations in an increasingly regulated digital economy.</p>
The Opportunity</strong></p> We are hiring a Principal Engineer to serve as the technical authority and chief platform builder for Avalara’s E-Invoicing &; Live Reporting (ELR)</strong> ecosystem. As governments worldwide transition from post-audit VAT models to real-time e-invoicing, CTC (Continuous Transaction Controls), and live reporting mandates (e.g., Peppol, SDI in Italy, Chorus Pro in France, KSeF in Poland, NF-e in Brazil, etc.), businesses face unprecedented regulatory complexity.</span></p> This role is a high-impact, hands-on individual contributor role focused on architecting mission-critical, high-throughput ELR platforms while fundamentally transforming how customers and partners connect to Avalara. A core pillar of this role is designing next-generation tooling, developer experiences, and automated platforms for frictionless customer onboarding, enterprise ERP integrations, and automated schema/format transformation</strong>.</span></p> You will collaborate closely with distributed engineering teams across the U.S., Europe, India, and Brazil, leading through architectural design, code prototyping, and technical mentorship.</span></p> In your first 6–12 months, you will:</span></p> Success at Avalara means living our values:</span></p> As countries across the globe mandate continuous transaction controls and electronic invoicing, Avalara’s ELR platform is at the forefront of digital commerce transformation. The systems and integration tools you build will directly power how enterprises seamlessly connect their core business applications to tax authorities across the globe, ensuring uninterrupted business operations in an increasingly regulated digital economy.</span></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>
Architect at Global ELR Scale</span></h3>
Build Next-Gen Customer Onboarding &; Integration Tooling</span></h3>
Be a Hands-On Builder</span></h3>
Lead with AI</span></h3>
Raise the Technical Bar &; Mentor</span></h3>
What You’ll Need To Be Successful</h3>
Required Experience</span></h3>
Strongly Preferred</span></h3>
What Success Looks Like</span></h2>
How We Work (OPAH FOCUS)</span></h2>
Why This Role Matters</span></h2>
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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