Senior Software Engineering Manager

Avalara Technologies; United States; Remote; USD 52.000 - 73.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Avalara Technologies seeks a Senior Manager to lead the 911 Compliance India team in Pune, guiding delivery, technical direction, and an AI-first culture. You will report to the Senior Director, Software Engineering, and drive velocity, quality, and automation across backend, frontend, and QA.

Strong leadership, SaaS expertise, and cloud proficiency are essential. You will partner with Product Management and cross-functional teams to align roadmaps, apply AI tooling, and grow talent while

Qualifikationen

• B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of software development in product-focused engineering organisations.
• 5+ years of engineering people leadership with ownership of performance and career development.
• Experience building distributed teams in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Technical foundation in C#/.NET and TypeScript; able to contribute to design discussions.
• Experience with scalable, multi-tenant SaaS platform development.
• SQL knowledge (Postgres, Snowflake or equivalent).
• Delivery track record shipping enterprise-grade software on time and within scope.
• Experience in regulated industries (finance, tax, healthcare, or similar).
• Familiarity with tax compliance, returns filing systems, or compliance automation.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Terraform).
• Experience managing teams across time zones in a global engineering organisation.
• Demonstrated AI tooling adoption and measurable productivity impact.

Aufgaben

• Lead a team of engineers in Pune, driving delivery and technical direction.
• Oversee sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release management.
• Build AI-enabled and automation-first capabilities to improve filing accuracy and efficiency.
• Maintain code quality, test coverage, CI/CD discipline, and observability.
• Collaborate with product management and stakeholders to align roadmaps.
• Apply AI tooling to boost velocity and reduce manual effort.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and coaching.
• Contribute to engineering strategy and headcount planning within TCO Returns.
• Ensure adherence to Avalara security and data governance standards.

Kenntnisse

People leadership

Strategic execution

Agile/Scrum

Distributed teams

AI tooling adoption

Technical design

Code reviews

Delivery discipline

Regulated industries

Ausbildung

B.S. in Computer Science or related field

Tools

C#/.NET

TypeScript

PostgreSQL/Snowflake

AWS

GCP

GitLab

Terraform

CI/CD

Jobbeschreibung

What You'll Do

The Senior Manager will lead Avalara's 911 member Compliance India team in Pune, driving delivery, technical direction, and an AI-first, high-performance culture. The role will restore delivery velocity, strengthen team performance, translate strategy into execution, raise engineering standards, and accelerate AI-driven returns automation to improve filing accuracy, reduce errors, and support customer retention. You will report to Senior Director, Software Engineering.

What Your Responsibilities Will Be

• Lead a team of 911 software engineers and SDETs across backend, frontend, and QA disciplines based in Pune, India.
• Oversee delivery execution for the Compliance India scrum team — including sprint planning, backlog grooming, release management, and cross-team dependency coordination.
• Drive delivery of AI-enabled and automation-first engineering capabilities including notice management automation, data retention, rejected filings workflows, and agentic compliance solutions.
• Establish and maintain consistent practices for code quality, test coverage, CI/CD discipline, and system observability.
• Partner with Product Management, TPOs, and cross-functional stakeholders to align roadmap priorities and deliver.
• Apply AI tooling (Claude Code, Glean, custom GPTs) to improve team velocity, reduce manual effort, and increase engineering leverage.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and coaching conversations to grow individual contributors and retain top talent.
• Contribute to engineering strategy, headcount planning, and talent decisions within TCO Returns.
• Ensure adherence to Avalara's security, compliance, and data governance standards for a tax technology platform.

What You'll Need To Be Successful

Required:

• B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of software development experience in product-focused engineering organisations (SaaS, enterprise software, or technology product companies); consult firm or staff-augmentation experience alone does not meet this requirement.
• 5+ years of engineering people leadership within a product engineering organisation, with direct ownership of team performance, delivery, and career development.
• Develop distributed engineering teams in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Technical foundation in C#/.NET and TypeScript; ability to contribute to technical design discussions, code reviews, and architectural decisions.
• Experience with scalable, multi-tenant SaaS platform development.
• SQL knowledge (Postgres, Snowflake or equivalent).
• Delivery track record: shipping enterprise-grade software on time and within scope.
• Experience in regulated industries (finance, tax, healthcare, or similar).
• Familiarity with tax compliance, returns filing systems, or compliance automation.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Terraform).
• Experience managing teams across time zones in a global engineering organisation.
• Demonstrated AI tooling adoption and measurable productivity impact.