Software Development Engineer IV

Avalara is a company focused on advancing its Content Engineering mission through innovative technology. They are seeking a Software Development Engineer IV to lead the development of autonomous content management systems powered by AI, focusing on scalable backend APIs, microservices, and intelligent front-end interfaces.

Responsibilities:

• You will build a network of intelligent AI agents that distinct content management tasks and collaborating to achieve end-to-end automation
• Develop scalable backend APIs and microservices using the .NET stack; integrate with MCP servers and event-driven content pipelines
• Develop an orchestration layer that coordinates agentic workflows, including stale content detection, version reconciliation, and update scheduling
• Build an autonomous content system by minimizing manual steps and allowing human review only when needed
• Build analytics, logging, and feedback loops to improve agent accuracy and reduce false positives
• Build responsive, intelligent front-end interfaces (React) that surface agent recommendations, resolve conflicts, and support human-in-the-loop overrides
• Embed generative AI logic in the UX: draft suggestions, auto-populate updates, prompt confirmation, and explain agent decisions
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team knowledge sharing and best practices
• Be a technical lead on complex projects, providing architectural guidance and hands-on implementation

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 8+ years of experience designing and building scalable, production-grade systems across the stack, including backend services/APIs and modern frontend applications
• Proficiency in Object Oriented Programming languages such as C#, Java or Python
• Proficiency in React, with experience building responsive, interactive user interfaces
• Experience with event-driven and distributed system architectures
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps workflows
• Experience deploying, monitoring, and scaling services in AWS or other cloud environments
• Experience with data storage systems such as Postgres
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with observability best practices, including logging, metrics, tracing, and feedback loops
• Understanding of secure software development practices, including least privilege, data protection, and secure defaults
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical execution on complex projects
• Experience with generative AI features preferred (e.g., suggestions, auto-updates, prompt confirmations)
• Experience building agentic or autonomous workflows, especially in systems that detect, decide, and act with minimal human input is preferred