CAREERS

Life at Avalara

We’re building something extraordinary—a global compliance platform powered by innovation, ambition, and a team of driven, passionate people. Our Culture Memo defines who we are, how we work, and what it takes to thrive here. We embrace bold thinking, relentless curiosity, and the urgency to move fast. We reward excellence, challenge the status quo, and believe that success comes from ownership, adaptability, and teamwork. Sound like a place where you’d thrive and want to learn more?

Read our winning culture memo

Tax meets tech. Compliance meets curiosity.

We were different from day one, and now we’re leading the way in our industry. Forging new paths with cutting edge technology and first-class people.

As we grow together, our working culture remains as different and dynamic as our solutions. Change is our constant. Learning is a given. No day mirrors the last.

Every day, we dare to differ. Orange is our competitive advantage. The future looks bright.

We’re a cloud company who build SaaS products.

We’ve built the largest cloud compliance platform in the world, integrating with over 1200 software and commerce partners. Making people’s lives easier, worldwide.

Transforming tax compliance through tech, we remove the barriers for our customers and for our industry.

We’re just getting started, and won’t stop until we’re a part of every transaction in the world. Because we're making an impact beyond boundaries, together.

At Avalara, we have designed a culture which empowers our people to become the best version of themselves.

Ownership and achievement go hand in hand. We instill passion in our people through the trust we place in them.

Guided by our success traits, their actions are the reason we win. They’re curious and optimistic, experimenting with humility, and never compromising on our future.

This means that when our people win, we win.

Success Traits

Culture is our competitive advantage.

Avalara culture is unique (and very orange). In fact, Avalara has been recognized as a 2024 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award Winner.

We hire talented people who possess the success traits we affectionately refer to as OPAH FOCUS:

Optimism
Passion
Adaptability
Humility
Fun
Ownership
Curiosity
Urgency
Simplicity

If you think you can, or if you think you can't, you will undoubtedly be right - so we insist on a positive attitude. We believe every challenge can be overcome with sustained grit and perseverance, so we face challenges with confidence, always prioritizing long-term success.

Our insatiable hunger for success means we aspire to be great in every moment. Success at Avalara is not measured at a point in time, rather as a series of challenges and ambitious goals that must be surpassed. We love confronting and overcoming the challenges we face and we care deeply about our customers, our partners, our employees, and our investors.

Change is a constant at Avalara. We accept the risk of trying new solutions along with the possibility of setbacks - which we learn from and move to correct quickly. We are fast, agile, aware, and willing to adjust when circumstances shift.

Humility powers our growth. We experiment, fail, learn and grow — all whilst staying humble. Every task and challenge is an opportunity to develop, no matter how small.

We're serious about having fun. That's what makes us stand out — joy is a fundamental part of our success. We take the time to smile, to laugh, to build relationships. Fun keeps our culture busy and buzzy.

Ownership is about accountability - we are all accountable for delivering results to our customers. We work hard and smart to get the job done well every time. We take responsibility for decisions, own projects from start to finish, and never make excuses.

We ask "why?" every day and don't stop until we understand. If our ambitions are not audacious, then we are not pushing ourselves hard enough - we seek to constantly challenge the status quo in search of a better way. We proactively look for problems to solve, refusing to accept easy answers, and we exercise great creativity in finding efficient ways to solve them.

Speed matters in our business. We value perseverance, grit, and a bias for action. We act with urgency because we know if we don't disrupt ourselves, someone else will. We're committed to doing what others are not willing to do and we refuse to succumb to the paralysis of analysis.

Tax is hard. Our job is to simplify it. We work hard to make our customers' lives easier, as well as those of our colleagues. Volitional convolution precipitates incertitude. So we avoid it.

Life at Avalara

Our Global Employee Resource Groups

Our Employee Resource Groups create a space for employees who share or support a common identity that advances the development, belonging, and cultural understanding of Avalarians globally.

Access

Access promotes and lifts up the voices of disabled Avalarians with both physical and mental disabilities.

HOLA

HOLA (Hispanic/Latinx, Outreach, Leadership, and Advancement) supports nuestra gente by fostering cultural awareness, professional development, leadership, and advancement.

Node

Node supports global remote workers and monitors the evolution of remote work while creating opportunities to build connection and community.

Noonchi

Noonchi supports the personal and professional development of Asians at Avalara while driving awareness and education regarding the Pan-Asian experience.

Prism

Prism seeks to elevate LGBTQ+ voices at Avalara and influence Avalarians to understand, celebrate, and promote diverse voices and experiences.

Ujima

Ujima fosters community for Black Avalarinas and highlights diverse voices through events that develop Black Avalarians and allies.

Veterans of Avalara

VOA works to advance the recruitment, retention, support, and careers of Veterans at Avalara.

Women of Avalara

WOA champions and provides a platform to support women's unique positions, needs, and gifts while building community.

Returnship Program

At Avalara, we believe in second chances and the value of diverse career paths. Our Returnship Program is designed to help professionals relaunch their careers after an extended break, providing mentorship, skill-building, and the support needed to transition back into the workforce.

Avalara employees connect at a trade show

Avalara employee connecting with potential talent

Avalara employees at a conference

Avalara employees celebrate Grace Hopper

Meeting new talent

Employees celebrating technologists

Avalarians connecting in the office

Employees connecting with Avalara leaders

Avalara employees presenting donation to Food Lifeline

Durham employees volunteering for a litter cleanup

Brighton employees cleaning up a local beach

Employees taking the polar plunge for local charity

Seattle employees enjoying a local Kraken hockey game

Employees enjoying Avalara's weekly lunch

Employees celebrating Avalara's mission

Employees in India celebrating Navratri

Culture. It's one of those things where you know it, when you see it. When you get introduced to it. People can talk about it, but it's manifests itself in the people that you meet. It manifests itself and that's the way the company represents itself, and I'm a big believer that you have found the right place when you can be the same person on Saturday that you are on Monday.

Sean Flynn

SVP Global Sales

I was really impressed when I was going through the overall interview process because at this juncture of my career, the challenging work as well as the culture of the company was really important for me. This was evident from all the interactions that I had with each person during the interview process. I could see that the people are passionate, they're enjoying what they're doing. Overall company culture is about employee care. I could feel that there is a lot of openness. People are approachable. So these were the attributes that I was considering in an employer. And this is how I joined Avalara.

Deepti Gaiki

Director, Security

The mission that we have here in Avalara, which we call our BHAG-- Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals-- it's quite good. We want to be a part of every transaction in the world, and that's a really big challenge and a really big goal. I basically fell in love with the goal and I really wanted to be a part of it.

Rui Rizzi

Engineering Manager

Although I came through Avalara from an acquisition, I stay because I love the culture, I love the company, and love the opportunities presented to me.

Kim Clark

Senior Director of Customer and Compliance Operations

The team and overall culture at Avalara has been my favorite throughout my career. I would say we are a very tight-knit group, which I think is amazing and a great reflection of the company culture.

Chloe Simpson

Team Lead, Account Development Representative

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