Principal Software Engineer: AI & Distributed Systems

Intuit; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 262,000 - 354,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit in Mountain View is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive AI-powered software solutions. You will collaborate with product managers and designers to deliver scalable systems and customer-centric outcomes.

Responsibilities include leading end-to-end technology initiatives, mentoring team members, and partnering across architecture, product, and operations to release features. A strong background in distributed systems, full-stack AI, and cloud platforms is required.

Qualifications

• 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 at least one of the following: Front-end technologies like React, Angular, SwiftUI (iOS), Kotlin (Android) OR 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.

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 durable software solutions that will 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
• 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

Full-stack AI development

Distributed systems design

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Independent decision making

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related area

Tools

SageMaker

Vert.x

LangChain

Large Language Models

Prompt Engineering

DialogFlow

Python

React

Angular

SwiftUI

Kotlin

Java

Typescript

Spring

Express (NodeJS)

AWS

GCP

Job description

Intuit in Mountain View is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive AI-powered software solutions. You will collaborate with product managers and designers to deliver scalable systems and customer-centric outcomes.

Responsibilities include leading end-to-end technology initiatives, mentoring team members, and partnering across architecture, product, and operations to release features. A strong background in distributed systems, full-stack AI, and cloud platforms is required.