What You'll Do

The Senior Manager will lead Avalara's 9–11 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 9–11 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

📌 Senior Software Engineering Manager (India)
🏢 Avalara
📍 India