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Manager, Software Engineering @ Avalara

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 Manager, Software Engineering

Job Description

The Engineering team is building Avalaras next generation of SaaS software to be part of every VAT calculation in the world. Software with 5 nines of reliability. Software which is part of a sales checkout process so its got to be fast and accurate. That requires systems with massive scale and redundancy by design with functional excellence. It also requires top notch APIs and a SOA design for maintainability and extensibility.
If you re looking for opportunities to work on challenging problems, surround yourself with other hardworking talented engineers, and want to spend your time building and shipping, instead of sitting in meetings, come join the orange revolution.

What Your Responsibilities Will Be
  • Manage direct reports across multiple Scrum teams and time zones
  • Support and develop software engineers by providing advice, coaching and mentoring
  • Coach team members on agile principles
  • Run a Support team; serving as an escalation path for production and user support cases
  • Work smart and understand how your solutions impact the goals of the business
  • Leverage Generative AI to improve productivity and innovation, and foster a culture where the team actively explores and adopts AI-driven solutions
  • Implement best practices for coding as well as development processes
  • Participate in an agile team including design, development, test automation, planning, backlog refinement and support
  • Support the strategic vision for the product and company
  • Lead and refine development and release processes for multiple product lines
  • Deliver business needs around high availability and high transactional throughput of a SaaS solution
  • Be Customer and Partner Facing, able to manage an external relationship
  • Be introspective, always trying to improve yourself and the team around you
  • Provide guidance and support on design and technical solutions

What Youll Need to be Successful
  • Track record of successful leadership
  • Strong track record of strategic thinking
  • Strong track record of working with third parties
  • Strong relationship building skills
  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent
  • Experience of creating CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience in optimizing and scaling products
  • Understanding of security protocols and best practices
  • Understanding of AWS Solutions with focus on cost savings and scalability
  • Experience working with JIRA and Confluence
  • Willingness to dive in and get to the bottom of a problem
  • Outstanding problem solving and debugging skills
  • Strong understanding of object-oriented design & development and common design patterns
  • Strong knowledge of .NET framework
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server/ any other RDBMS
  • Working knowledge of Entity Framework
  • Working knowledge of Web Services
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Professional demeanour, team player, and a positive attitude
  • Ability to adapt to changing priorities
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Working knowledge of source control tools such as GitLab
  • Proven ability to make things happen and meet commitments
  • Experience in designing and building scalable micro service architecture
  • Ability to work under pressure and thrive in a fast paced environment

Job Classification

Industry: IT Services & Consulting
Functional Area / Department: Engineering - Software & QA
Role Category: Software Development
Role: Engineering Manager
Employement Type: Full time

Contact Details:

Company: Avalara
Location(s): Kolkata

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Keyskills:   Computer science Object oriented design SOA Coding RDBMS Relationship building VAT Agile Design development Wellness

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