Principal Software Engineer

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

Job summary

Intuit, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in Mountain View to shape the company’s long-term technical direction and drive AI-native transformations across large-scale systems.

You will lead architectural decisions, coordinate multiple teams, and mentor senior engineers to deliver resilient, production-grade software. You will apply deep software craftsmanship and applied AI experience, working across business units to unlock innovation and value while maintaining high standards for

Qualifications

• 12+ years developing systems and software for large scale business environments.
• 8+ years designing complex distributed systems, platforms, or business applications.
• Hands-on experience integrating AI into production software and driving AI projects with commoditized tools.
• Experience modernizing systems toward AI-native patterns and guiding AI architectural decisions across teams.
• BS/MS in Computer Science or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Track record of influencing technical strategy across business units and aligning executives.
• Strong mentor capable of developing technical leaders and shaping engineering culture.
• Excellent communicator with decisive technical calls in ambiguity.
• Drives results across cross-functional, globally distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Anticipate challenges and shape Intuit's long-term technical direction.
• Design scalable, resilient systems that unlock velocity and value.
• Lead AI-native conversion of existing systems.
• Make tradeoffs across AI techniques to ship production-grade software.
• Identify and integrate leading technologies for competitive advantage.
• Set engineering standards for quality, security, and maintainability.
• Align stakeholders across teams and drive execution.
• Coach leaders and advise on team structure and engineering practices.

Skills

AI integration

Distributed systems

Leadership

Cloud platforms

Communication

Full-stack tech

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Vertex AI

SageMaker

Bedrock

LLM APIs

Agent orchestration

Vector databases

Python

Job description

Come join Intuit as a Principal Software Engineer! We're constantly evolving to deliver on our mission to power prosperity around the world. As a Principal Engineer, you'll shape Intuit's long-term technical direction. You'll anticipate problems that need new solutions, lead the conversion of existing systems to AI-native, and drive decisions that span business units. You bring deep software engineering craft alongside strong applied AI experience. Intuit is a global technology platform that helps consumers and small businesses overcome their most important financial challenges.

Responsibilities

• Anticipate challenges that need fundamentally new solutions and shape Intuit's long-term technical direction

• Design scalable, resilient, and adaptive systems that unlock innovation, velocity, and value

• Recognize where AI applies within complex systems and lead the conversion of existing systems to AI-native architectures

• Make tradeoffs across AI techniques and algorithm choices to ship reliable, production-grade software

• Identify, champion, and integrate industry-leading or new technologies that create competitive advantage

• Set engineering standards for quality, security, and maintainability that others adopt

• Align stakeholders across teams and business units; drive execution and unblock delivery

• Coach technical leaders; advise senior leadership on team structure and engineering practices

Qualifications

• 12+ years developing systems and software for large scale business environments

• 8+ years designing complex distributed systems, platforms, or business applications

• Hands-on experience integrating AI into production software, ideally driving AI projects standalone with commoditized AI tools and agentic workflows.

• Experience modernizing systems toward AI-native patterns; experience driving AI architectural decisions across multiple teams a plus

• Full-stack experience with modern AI/ML platforms (Vertex AI, SageMaker, Bedrock), LLM APIs, agent orchestration frameworks, vector databases, and Python.

• Depth in at least one of:

  • Front-end: React, Angular, SwiftUI (iOS), Kotlin (Android)

  • Back-end: Java, TypeScript, Spring, Node.js

• Production experience in AWS or GCP

• BS/MS in Computer Science or related field; advanced degree preferred

• Track record of influencing technical strategy across business units and aligning executives

• Strong mentor; able to develop technical leaders and shape engineering culture

• Excellent communicator; makes decisive technical calls in ambiguity

• Drives results across cross-functional, globally distributed teams

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