Sales Tax Lead

Company: Anrok
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: April 2, 2026

Job Description:

Anrok is the leading tax automation platform enabling businesses to expand globally without compliance complexity. As the digital economy has grown 6x over the last decade, software businesses have gone from not worrying about sales tax to needing to monitor exposure, calculate rates, and file returns across 20 US states and many countries worldwide. This creates a critical bottleneck for companies that should be able to transact with customers everywhere. Anrok eliminates this complexity by connecting with billing and payment systems to automate tax monitoring, calculations, and filing end-to-end. Our unified platform handles the ever-changing maze of tax laws at municipal, state, and federal levels—so companies can focus on growth, not compliance. Our customers include: 40% of Forbes Top 50 AI companies 20% of Forbes Top 100 Cloud companies Top companies like Notion, Anthropic, and Cursor We're making compliant digital commerce a reality for companies big and small, backed by over $100M from leading investors including Spark Capital, Sequoia, Index, and Khosla Ventures. In this role, you will: Own the end-to-end US indirect tax strategy for Anrok's physical goods offering, including taxability research, nexus analysis, rate determination, and exemption handling across all US jurisdictions. Build and maintain the tax content and rules engine logic that powers accurate sales tax calculations for tangible personal property transactions. Partner closely with Product and Engineering to translate complex tax requirements into scalable platform features and automations. Develop compliance frameworks for physical goods filing, registration, and remittance that integrate with Anrok's existing infrastructure. Monitor legislative and regulatory changes across US states and municipalities, and proactively update Anrok's tax content accordingly. Work with onboarding and support teams to successfully transition users onto Anrok, and assist with any tax technical issues. What excites us: You have 5 years of experience in US state and local indirect tax, with meaningful depth in tangible personal property / physical goods taxability across multiple jurisdictions. You've worked in a tax technology company, Big 4 / advisory firm, or in-house tax team at an e-commerce or retail business—ideally with exposure to building or scaling tax automation. You have a strong command of product taxability rules, exemption certificates, nexus standards (physical and economic), and multi-state filing requirements for physical goods. You're comfortable working cross-functionally with Product and Engineering teams and can translate tax nuance into clear, actionable requirements. You love solving ambiguous problems and are energized by building something new rather than maintaining the status quo. You have an entrepreneurial attitude and passion to build a business from the ground up. You communicate complex tax concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, including customers. What we offer: The equity upside of an early-stage startup with the product-market fit of a later-stage company. Daily lunch and snacks for those working out of our office hubs. Medical, dental, and vision insurance covered 100%. One Medical membership covered, flexible sick benefits, and more. Annual learning and development stipend for books, online courses, and conferences, as well as a curious team to share your learnings with. Home internet reimbursement stipend. Wellness reimbursement program. Annual team off-sites and in-person opportunities around our growing Anrok hubs. Home office setup stipend to ensure you have the equipment you need to thrive at work. For employees based in the San Francisco Bay Area, we follow a hybrid model. Where we come into the office 3 days a week to collaborate in person. For employees located outside of the San Francisco Bay Area, you will work remotely full-time

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