Principal Software Engineer, Connectors & Integrations at Avalara
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Jul 7, 2026
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Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior technical leadership role focused on the architecture and evolution of integration connectors between Avalara's tax and e-invoicing services and major ERP, commerce, and SaaS platforms. Day-to-day work involves defining canonical integration patterns, guiding cross-functional design, driving observability and reliability improvements, and mentoring engineering teams. Suits a deeply experienced integration architect with a strong background in enterprise ERP/ecommerce connectors and API design.
Staff level · 15+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,900 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 1,150–3,400
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
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 carries no seniority level word, so the title states no level. However, the role's actual scope — defining north-star architecture across multiple teams, coaching senior engineers, and 15+ years required — clearly places it at Staff level, not merely Senior.
The alt SOC (11-3021, Computer and Information Systems Managers) is flagged because the role includes significant cross-team technical leadership and mentoring, but the primary day-to-day work is hands-on architecture and code (design reviews, pairing, building connectors), keeping it in the IC Software Developers bucket.
Degree requirement: the JD states 'Bachelor/master's degree in computer science or equivalent,' which accepts equivalent experience in lieu of a degree — treated as no hard degree gate.
REST and gRPC are listed together as a single API design requirement; REST is named as primary with gRPC as an alternative. Similarly, OAuth2/OIDC and JWT/SAML are paired requirements — each pair is emitted as one skill with alternatives.
EDI is explicitly flagged as only 'helpful' (not required) in the requirements section — treated as preferred.
ERP/commerce platform experience (NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Shopify, Adobe Commerce/Magento) is described as 'valued' and a 'plus' — treated as preferred.
AvaTax/ELR domain familiarity is explicitly called 'a plus' — treated as preferred.
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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