AI Principal Engineer

Intuit, Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 262,000 - 354,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit, Inc. seeks a Principal Software Engineer to help build AI-native experiences across the Enterprise Accountant Suite. You will own end-to-end technical designs, contribute to architecture decisions, and drive rapid experimentation from ideation to execution.

The role emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional partners and a strong customer focus in delivering transformative AI solutions. Ideal candidates bring 10+ years in enterprise software, 7+ years in distributed systems, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience developing systems/software for large business environments.
• 7+ years 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 React, Typescript, NodeJS, Java, Spring
• Prior working experience in a cloud computing environment like AWS/GCP is highly desired.
• BS/MS in Computer Science or related area
• Explicit experience with coding using Code Assist tools like Claude, including the development of custom plugins or applications

Responsibilities

• Drives velocity in the organization by accelerating customer, business, and technology outcomes by identifying and driving key opportunities across the company
• Hands-on technologist who actively contributes to code, architecture decisions, and drives significant technology initiatives end-to-end
• 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 durable software solutions that solve critical customer problems in a fast-paced environment
• Executes with a boundaryless mindset and contributes to solutions outside of their primary area of ownership
• Knowledge of building AI native applications
• Prior working experience in teams that have built AI native applications for 1+ years
• 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

Skills

Enterprise software experience

Distributed systems design

AI technologies & tools

AI model understanding

Frontend & backend tech stack

Cloud platforms AWS/GCP

Code Assist tools (Claude)

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related

Tools

SageMaker

Vert.x

LangChain

Large Language Models

Prompt Engineering

DialogFlow

Python

React

Typescript

NodeJS

Java

Spring

AWS

GCP

Job description

Become a part of Intuit's Enterprise Accountant Suite community as a Principal Software Engineer and contribute to our mission of powering global prosperity. Our Builder Catalysts are distinguished by their extreme ownership and co-creation with cross-functional partners throughout the entire product lifecycle, from initial ideation and customer research to rapid experimentation and final execution. We are dedicated to building AI-native experiences from the ground up, utilizing artificial intelligence to resolve the most intricate challenges facing our customers. We seek engineers who are customer-obsessed, excel in boundaryless collaboration, and prioritize the delivery of transformative AI solutions.

Responsibilities

• Drives velocity in the organization by accelerating customer, business, and technology outcomes by identifying and driving key opportunities across the company

• Hands-on technologist who actively contributes to code, architecture decisions, and drives significant technology initiatives end-to-end

• 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 durable software solutions that solve critical customer problems in a fast-paced environment

• Executes with a boundaryless mindset and contributes to solutions outside of their primary area of ownership

• Knowledge of building AI native applications

• Prior working experience in teams that have built AI native applications for 1+ years

• 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

Qualifications

Ability to drive velocity in a highly matrixed environment, partnering with numerous stakeholders.

• 10+ years of experience developing systems/software for large business environments.

• 7+ years of 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 React, Typescript, NodeJS, Java, Spring

• 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.

• Explicit experience with coding using Code Assist tools like Claude, including the development of custom plugins or applications

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position may 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:
Mountain View $261,500 - $353,500