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Senior Tax Technology Analyst
Location
United States
Posted
117 days ago
Salary
$97K - $123.5K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Tax Technology Analyst
Instacart
• Own and advance our Tax Attribute program—designing data models, governance, and workflows that scale accurate product taxability across millions of items and 100+ jurisdictions, in partnership with Catalog, Indirect Tax, and ML teams. • Build, integrate, and optimize tax determination, calculation, and reporting solutions (e.g., with enterprise tax engines and internal services), ensuring accuracy, reliability, and performance within transactional systems. • Develop AI/ML-assisted classification and automation for tax use cases (e.g., product/merchant mapping, attribute extraction), including evaluation frameworks, human-in-the-loop quality controls, and measurable precision/recall targets. • Design and operate robust, SOX-compliant data pipelines and tooling (SQL, Python, cloud data warehouse, orchestration) with monitoring, alerting, and documentation that enable audit-ready transparency. • Lead cross-functional projects from discovery to delivery—translate tax requirements into technical solutions, manage roadmaps and priorities, and communicate progress, risks, and results to stakeholders at every level.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Accounting Information Systems, or related field; or 8+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
- 5+ years of experience in tax technology, data engineering, or analytics supporting tax functions within e-commerce, fintech, retail, or similar high-volume transaction environments.
- 3+ years configuring and integrating enterprise tax engines (e.g., Avalara, Vertex, Sovos) via APIs within transactional systems and services.
- Advanced SQL (3+ years) and Python (2+ years) for data processing, automation, and building production-grade workflows.
- 2+ years building and operating ETL/ELT pipelines in a cloud data warehouse (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift) with orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow or dbt), including experience implementing SOX-compliant controls and supporting audits.
Benefits
- Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work.
- This role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.
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