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Hugo Sarrazin

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Mission Our mission is to be part of every transaction in the world.

That ambition is big because transactions are where business happens. For our customers, every sale, shipment, invoice, tax return filed, and expansion into a new market can create compliance obligations they have to get right.

Avalara's role is to help make that complexity more manageable at scale, so compliance can become faster, easier, more accurate, more reliable, and more valuable. We handle trillions of dollars in transactions annually, which makes getting it right critical for customers and meaningful for the people building here.
Description At Avalara, we're different by design.

We help businesses get tax compliance right in a world where rules are complex, change is constant, and the stakes are high. As companies grow across products, channels, systems, and geographies, compliance becomes more difficult and AI is changing the landscape. Avalara is solving that challenge with agentic AI and by embedding compliance into the systems where business already happens, including ERP, ecommerce, billing, marketplaces, and point of sale.

We're proud to be orange. But the goal was never simply to stand out. It was to build a better way forward. Avalarians simplify complexity. We are intelligently automating tax and compliance workflows and are evolving how humans work with AI, leveraging the best of both. We combine deep compliance expertise with modern technology and AI to solve problems that matter for businesses around the world. That mindset shapes our products, our culture, and the opportunities for every Avalarian.

When employees describe what makes Avalara a unique place to build a career, a few truths come through clearly: we are different by design in how we work, our impact reaches beyond any one role or team, people are empowered to do their best work, and AI is a strategic part of how we are raising the bar to meet and exceed the needs of our customers and partners..

Different by design in how we work
We stay close to customer problems, learn fast, simplify where we can, and build practical solutions that make compliance easier to manage. Innovation at Avalara isn't about change for its own sake. It is about finding better ways to solve difficult problems, and creating better outcomes for customers.

Impact beyond one role or team
Compliance touches every business and every stage of growth. Avalara supports millions of businesses worldwide - scale like that gives the work real reach - and for our people, room to grow. Whether you build products, support customers, create tax content, work with partners, sell solutions, or enable our teams, your work helps businesses operate with more confidence in an increasingly complex world.

Empowered to do your best work
We empower our people to do their best work, and we reward our strongest performers. Strong and outstanding performance shows up in outcomes: solving the right problems, delivering results for customers and the business, and helping others succeed.

Raising the bar with AI
AI is transforming how we build, operate, and deliver value. At Avalara, AI is part of how we work. Every role is expected to use AI responsibly to work smarter, improve quality, and create greater impact for customers, partners, and teammates alike.

We have been different from day one. Now we are looking for people ready to help build what comes next.

Life at Avalara

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