Pros
Avalara is in a market with a lot of opportunity but this can work for and against you. Even with poor execution, the business has managed to stay afloat.
Cons
To begin with, I’ll second the reviewers who have spotted the obviously fake reviews posted by HR. There was a time, around 2015 to early 2016, when Avalara had a reasonably talented engineering team with a lot of energy, motivation, and determination working on pretty exciting tech but a lot of that group has since moved on to other opportunities. I guess the CEO and engineering leadership have decided that retaining talented engineering resources is not a top priority. In my opinion, this was one shot they had to be a legit tech company, now they’ll probably end up as a second tier sales company. Coming from engineering, you have the usual problems that plague a lot of large or growing companies. Lots of date driven waterfall exercises, political infighting and legacy/outdated tech. Thats less than ideal but manageable in my opinion. The deal breaker for me was the leadership. Their strategic vision could not have been executed more poorly. This, coupled with key leadership departures and talent drain on the engineering side makes for a bleak outlook for the company.
