Principal Software Developer

Intuit Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 209,000 - 283,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Cash bonus eligibility

Equity rewards

Benefits package

Job summary

A leading software company is seeking a Principal Software Developer in Toronto to drive technology initiatives and collaborate on customer solutions. Candidates should have full-stack development experience, particularly with AI technologies like Python and SageMaker. The role demands strong analytical and communication skills while collaborating across teams. Competitive compensation includes cash bonuses and equity rewards, with an expected base pay range of $209,000 to $283,000.

Qualifications

• Ability to drive velocity in a highly matrixed environment.
• Experience developing systems/software for large business environments.
• Experience with complex distributed systems or business applications.
• Prior working experience in a cloud computing environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive technology initiatives end-to-end, influencing customer solutions.
• Design and implement scalable software solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for integration.

Skills

Full-stack development experience

Experience with AI technologies

Strong analytical skills

Excellent communication skills

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related area

Tools

AWS

Python

SageMaker

Job description

Come join Intuit as a Principal Software Developer and help us power prosperity around the world. We are looking for engineers that love to take on new challenges, solve tough problems, and have deep empathy for our customers. You’ll work with a small group of passionate engineers, product managers and designers.

Competitive relocation package included for qualified candidates.

Responsibilities

• Drives velocity in the organization by accelerating customer, business, and technology outcomes by identifying and driving key opportunities across the company.
• Drives significant technology initiatives end-to-end, including horizontal layers of the architecture.
• Understands customer behaviors and partners with cross-functional partners to influence and drive end-to-end solutions for customer problems.
• Drives design and implementation of durablesoftware solutions that will solve critical customer problems in afast-paced environment.
• Executes with a boundaryless mindset and contributes to solutions outsideof their primary area of ownership.
• Knowledge of building AI native applications
  • Guides the applicability of AI to customer problems through a deep understanding of the value and limitations of AI technologies.
  • Understands evaluation tools to validate and measure the accuracy of solutions.
  • High-level understanding of how AI models work, the different types of AI models that exist, and their pros and cons.
  • Understanding of the latest tools and technologies that apply AI to real-world applications.
• Creates robust, scalable, and secure technical designs, effectively implementing them to balance short-term and long-term objectives, ensuring high availability and optimal performance of applications.
• Passionate for continuous learning, experimenting, and applying cutting‑edge technology and software paradigms to solve customer problems.

Team / Collaboration:

• Partners with other groups both inside and outside of Intuit for cross‑functional design, development, and integration.
• Works with cross‑functional team members from Architecture, Product Management, and Operations to design, develop, test, and release features.

Community:

• Contributes to standards, patterns, and best practices that improve the engineering community.
• Provides perspective on leading industry trends, recommendations on new and emerging technologies, technology prototypes, patent proposals, and engineering process improvements.

Qualifications

• Ability to drive velocity in a highly matrixed environment, partnering with numerous stakeholders.
• Experience developing systems/software for large business environments.
• Experience designing complex distributed systems, management products, or business applications.
• Full‑stack development experience with AI technologies/tools and apply it to user experiences or backend solutions.
• Experience with AI technologies like SageMaker, Vert.x, LangChain, Large Language Models, Prompt Engineering, DialogFlow, Python.
• Experience with at least one of the following:
  • Front‑end technologies like React, Angular, SwiftUI (iOS), Kotlin (Android)
  • Back‑end technologies like Java, Typescript, Spring, Express (NodeJS)
• Prior working experience in a cloud computing environment like AWS/GCP is highly desired.
• Prior experience working in teams that have built AI native applications for 1+ years.
• BS/MS in Computer Science or related area.

Team / Leadership Qualifications:

• Team player possessing strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills.
• Strong mentoring skills. Able to influence and communicate effectively with both technical and non‑technical people.
• Prefers working in a team and collaborates with other cross‑functional partners.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, complex technical environment.
• Excellent communication skills. Communicates clearly, succinctly, and persuasively to all levels of employees, customers, and management (including executives).
• 'Self‑starter' attitude and the ability to make decisions independently.
• Experience driving for results across cross‑functional teams while maintaining effective working relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to work with global teams across time zones.

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position will be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits). Pay offered is based on factors such as job‑related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender. The expected base pay range for this position is:

Toronto: $209,000-283,000