Sr. Manager, Software Engineering at Avalara
$171,100–$282,300
Jul 7, 2026
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Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A management role overseeing multiple distributed Scrum teams building cloud-native, SaaS-based tax compliance platforms. Day-to-day work involves driving engineering execution, shaping architectural and DevOps practices, and growing engineering talent across geographies. The role places particular emphasis on advancing AI-assisted development workflows and suits an experienced engineering leader with a full-stack or front-end background and hands-on cloud and microservices experience.
Senior level · 10+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 3,950 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 2,350–5,900
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $178,991 (middle half $141,096–$225,584).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The title 'Software Engineering Manager' carries no explicit seniority level word, so advertised seniority is Unspecified. The actual requirements (10+ years of development experience, 2+ years of management, multi-team distributed leadership) support a Senior band — this is a team-manager scope, not a Director or VP with org-wide authority.
The 2+ years of engineering management experience is a stated requirement but is a role-level gate rather than a named technology, so it is captured in the overall years minimum (10 years, the overall development floor) rather than as a skill.
React and Angular are presented as interchangeable examples ('such as React, Angular') within the same front-end requirement; Angular is captured as an alternative to React.
AWS is required ('AWS or another major cloud provider'); Azure and GCP are captured as named alternatives.
GitLab, Terraform, and Docker are listed as examples within the CI/CD/DevOps requirement ('tools such as GitLab, Terraform, and Docker'). Per schema rules, 'such as' within a required section still constitutes a hard gate on the capability, with the named tools as the primary references.
MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle are presented as interchangeable examples of a required relational database; PostgreSQL and Oracle are captured as alternatives to MySQL.
AI/applied AI is heavily emphasized throughout the posting — described as a core leadership expectation and a primary differentiator for this role — but names no specific AI tool or platform, so no skill entry is emitted (no concrete named technology to capture).
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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