Data Engineer

What You'll Do

The Global Analytics & Insights (GAI) team is looking for a Data Engineer to development of the data infrastructure for Avalara's core data assets- empowering us with accurate, timely data to drive data backed decisions. As a Data Engineer, you will play an important role in designing, implementing and maintaining our data infrastructure using Snowflake, dbt (Data Build Tool), Python, Terraform and Airflow. The ideal candidate will have deep SQL experience, an understanding of modern cloud data stacks and technology. This individual contributor role requires an overlap of 2-3 hours of US West Coast Time (PST).

• Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and data integrations to support efficient and reliable data ingestion, transformation, and loading
• Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL and AWS technologies
• Contribute to building analytics tools that utilize the data pipeline to provide actionable insights into customer acquisition, operational efficiency, and other key business performance metrics
• Apply best practices for data integrity, reliability, and scalability in the security data pipeline.
• Ensure that the data models. data pipeline complies with relevant development standards, compliance, and industry best practices.
• Work closely with data analyst teams, leadership, and engineering to design and implement solutions that measurably reduce risk in Avalara's cloud data environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Stay up to date with industry trends and advancements in data engineering, cloud technologies, and data processing frameworks
  
  
  

What You'll Need to be Successful

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.

Flexible hybrid working

We support hybrid work and flexible schedules for our employees.

Learn more about our benefits by region here: https://careers.avalara.com/

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.

EEO Statement

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.