Avalara · 11 hours ago
Senior Data Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years expAvalara is an AI-first company focused on redefining the relationship between tax and technology. They are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design and build analytics engineering infrastructure that supports critical financial, sales, and marketing data, ensuring accuracy and scalability in data systems.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)ComplianceFinancial ServicesSoftwareTax Preparation
No H1B
Responsibilities
Build and support audit-ready data pipelines for revenue reporting, financial accounting, and executive-level decision-making
Build, operate, and improve production-grade data pipelines using SQL, dbt, Snowflake, Fivetran, Python, and orchestration tools
Develop modular, well-tested dbt models that serve as core building blocks for analytics, reporting, and downstream data products
Manage data transformations and orchestration logic, ensuring accuracy, consistency, freshness, and auditability across environments
Lead projects independently by gathering requirements, defining scope, writing detailed Jira tickets and documenting progress diligently, and delivering data engineering solutions
Review code, data models, and pull/merge requests from other engineers, providing clear feedback and strengthening engineering best practices
Partner with analysts, managers, and partners to translate ambiguous requirements into scalable technical solutions
Be a domain expert in financial and revenue data, with a focus on correctness, controls, audit-readiness (i.e. validation and data governance efforts) and long-term sustainability
Qualification
Required
5 to 7+ years of experience in data engineering, with proficiency in SQL
4+ years of experience using Git in a collaborative repository environment
3+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining analytics-engineering pipelines in dbt or equivalent (e.g., Dataform) with version control, data quality testing, and dimensional modeling best practices
Provide complex data solutions independently from design through production
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Experience working in FinTech or SaaS environments with revenue, billing, or financial reporting data
Experience engineering and modeling sensitive financial data with controls and compliance requirements
Knowledge of dbt and Snowflake best practices; dbt or Snowflake certification (or equivalent certifications in comparable tech stacks)
Demonstrated ownership of projects end to end, from requirements gathering through delivery and post-release validation
Experience writing clear, applicable Jira tickets and breaking down complex work into deliverable milestones and providing frequent updates on those tickets through comments
Experience reviewing code and data models and helping raise quality and consistency across the team
Familiarity with AWS services (or cloud equivalent) commonly used in modern data platforms
Experience with Infrastructure as Code in Terraform
Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices for data workflows
Preferred
Experience using AI and AI-related technologies
Curiosity about new trends and best practices in AI
Benefits
Paid time off
Paid parental leave
Private medical
Life, and disability insurance
Company
Avalara
Avalara is a cloud-based platform that provides tax compliance software and automated solutions.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$841.01MKey Investors
BlackRockSusquehanna Growth EquityWarburg Pincus
2025-11-11Private Equity· $500M
2023-01-01Private Equity
2022-10-19Post Ipo Debt· $0.04M
Leadership Team
Scott McFarlane
CEO
Megan Higgins Knislis
Senior Vice President, Global Partners
Recent News
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