Fintech Futures - Staff Software Engineer

Intuit; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 203,000 - 274,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit is seeking a senior engineering leader to own the technical vision for major fintech capabilities, including agent-initiated settlement and edge AI-driven on-device intelligence. You will shape architecture, coordinate with compliance, and drive collaboration to scale this frontier technology into a product.

The role requires deep distributed-systems expertise, cross-functional leadership, and hands-on experience with the standard stack (Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript with

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience building software for large-scale environments.
• 5+ years designing complex distributed systems.
• Ownership of a complex technical domain end-to-end.
• Able to resolve deep technical and organizational ambiguity.
• Fluent in agent-driven development and observability.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical vision for a major capability area including agent-initiated settlement and edge AI.
• Lead technical design to position Intuit’s work as industry-relevant, not just internal.
• Anticipate cross-system risk spanning portfolio dependencies.
• Bridge engineering and domain/compliance stakeholders to scale proof points into products.
• Champion investment in frontier technology and influence the team’s direction.

Skills

Distributed systems

Agent-driven development

Cross-functional partnership

Java

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

React

Node.js

Kubernetes

Ownership

Ambiguity resolution

Compliance liaison

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science

Tools

AWS EKS

Job description

Overview

Money is being rewritten to run on AI agents - systems that initiate, authorize, and settle transactions with no human in the loop. The protocols that will govern that shift are being authored right now, by a small number of companies, in real time. Fintech Futures is where Intuit shows up to that table: an engineering team defining and validating the next generation of fintech integration protocols - spanning agentic payment settlement, edge AI and on-device financial intelligence, and verifiable financial trust.

Money is being rewritten to run on AI agents - systems that initiate, authorize, and settle transactions with no human in the loop. The protocols that will govern that shift are being authored right now, by a small number of companies, in real time. Fintech Futures is where Intuit shows up to that table: an engineering team defining and validating the next generation of fintech integration protocols - spanning agentic payment settlement, edge AI and on-device financial intelligence, and verifiable financial trust.

Responsibilities

What You'll Do

• Own the technical vision for a major capability area - whether that's agent-initiated settlement, edge AI-driven on-device financial agents, or portable verifiable trust - architected to hold up as the underlying standards continue to converge.
• Lead technical design that positions Intuit's engineering work as a credible input to the industry conversation, not just an internal build.
• Anticipate cross-system risk that spans dependencies across the portfolio, where one capability becomes the foundation others are built on.
• Act as the connective tissue between engineering and domain/compliance stakeholders, turning technical proof points into the case for what should scale into a real product.
• Champion strategic investment in a specific frontier technology, shaping how the broader team and Intuit's standing in the industry evolve.

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 8+ years of experience developing software for large-scale business environments, with 5+ years designing complex distributed systems.
• Demonstrated ownership of a complex technical domain end-to-end, with a track record of setting direction others build against.
• Ability to resolve deep technical and organizational ambiguity - this team defines problems the industry hasn't fully specified yet.
• Proven fluency in agent-driven development: architecting for agentic observability and reliable autonomous code navigation and modification.
• Strong cross-functional partnership skills, working daily with domain and compliance stakeholders to move work from proof point to product path.
• Deep expertise in a frontier fintech infrastructure area - payments/settlement, edge AI, or identity/trust systems - with the versatility to shift focus as the space matures.
• Fluency across Intuit's standard engineering stack (Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript with React/Node) sufficient to set technical direction and review code across a polyglot team, plus the judgment to bring in new languages or frameworks where a bet genuinely requires it.
• Fluency operating and making design decisions on Kubernetes-based runtimes (e.g. AWS EKS) - service topology, scaling, and deployment patterns - since prototypes on this team are expected to run on standard cloud-native infrastructure, not bespoke hosting.
• BS/MS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Team & Leadership Skills

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills; able to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong mentoring skills, with a track record of helping engineers grow technically and navigate ambiguity.
• Self-starter attitude with the ability to make sound decisions independently and drive alignment across teams.
• Effective at driving outcomes across cross-functional teams while maintaining strong working relationships.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving technical environment where the roadmap itself is still being defined.

Nice to Haves

• Prior involvement in an open standards body or protocol working group.
• Experience taking new technical capability through compliance/legal review to a beta or sandbox release.
• Hands-on edge AI/on-device deployment experience (model compression, on-device inference pipelines, wearable integration)

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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 $202,500 - $274,000