Principal Software Engineer/ Architect- AI
RemoteFull-time15–27 yrsPosted 4 months ago
Leadership software engineering role at Avalara. Needs 15+ years and a B.Sc, B.Tech or B.E.. Remote.
About the role
As Principal Engineer, you will lead the architecture for cloud-native, compliance-critical platforms that support automation, workflow orchestration, intelligent decisioning, and reusable shared services. You will work across product, engineering, operations, and design to turn business strategy into reliable platform capabilities with measurable customer and operational impact.
What you'll do
- Be Shape architecture for a cloud-native, jurisdiction-aware platform supporting global registration, licensing, and compliance services
- Lead modernization work that consolidates shared capabilities, decouples user experiences, and improves platform scalability
- Architect rules engines, decision systems, and workflow orchestration for long-running compliance operations
- Design systems that use AI-assisted automation responsibly, with human oversight, explainability, auditability, privacy, and operational control
- Establish scalable data models, governance strategies, and integration patterns for complex regulatory and licensing data
What you need
- AWS
- Design systems
- LLMs