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 o

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