2 months ago
India (city not specified)Staff+
Responsibilities
- Own Avalara’s enterprise-wide AI automation and transformation strategy with n8n as a core orchestration platform.
- Architect scalable, secure, fault-tolerant automation solutions using n8n, Boomi, APIs, event-driven systems, AI agents, and decision engines.
- Define n8n environment strategies, CI/CD pipelines, governance models, deployment practices, and workflow reliability standards.
- Implement AI-enabled workflows, agent orchestration, prompt management, model integrations, human-in-the-loop controls, and intelligent decisioning.
- Establish standards for exception handling, retries, security, approvals, code reviews, quality gates, AI workflow validation, and evaluation.
- Create reusable automation templates, accelerators, AI agent templates, prompt frameworks, and orchestration patterns.
- Implement logging, monitoring, observability, anomaly detection, alerting, and metrics for workflow and AI performance.
- Lead architecture reviews, technical design sessions, workflow reviews, and post-incident reviews.
- Mentor engineers and contractors on AI agents, autonomous workflows, prompt engineering, orchestration, and responsible AI automation.
- Drive measurable improvements in automation adoption, process cycle time, workflow reliability, MTTR, cost, and operational scale.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise automation, workflow engineering, integration engineering, or platform architecture.
- Deep hands-on expertise with n8n or Boomi, including AI-enabled workflows, agents, and cross-functional business automations.
- Experience designing API-first and event-driven architectures and integrating AI/ML services and agent-based systems.
- Strong knowledge of REST, webhooks, OAuth, JWT, API security, and secure integration of AI services and model endpoints.
- Experience implementing CI/CD, deployment, and versioning strategies for automation or integration platforms, including AI workflows, prompts, and models.
- Cloud experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, including AI/ML services such as Amazon Bedrock or Azure OpenAI.
- Familiarity with LLMs, prompt engineering, AI agents, orchestration frameworks, and enterprise automation applications.
- Experience with observability and monitoring, including latency, cost, accuracy, and model or workflow drift.
- Ability to influence architecture and technical direction at scale and drive adoption of AI-powered automation and process transformation.
- Ability to provide technical leadership, mentor engineers and contractors, and quantify improvements delivered through AI-driven automation.
Benefits
- Compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave are provided; many employees are eligible for bonuses.
- Benefits generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance, with variation by location.
- The company supports diversity, equity, and inclusion and offers eight employee-run resource groups with senior leadership and executive sponsorship.
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About Avalara
Avalara builds cloud software that automates tax calculation, returns filing, exemption certificate management, and cross-border compliance for businesses, with deep integrations into e-commerce and ERP platforms. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, it is privately held and owned by Vista Equity Partners. The company sells SaaS subscriptions and managed filing services to help organizations comply with U.S. sales tax and international VAT/GST requirements.