Principal Software Engineer - Fintech

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

Job summary

Intuit Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to power prosperity worldwide. You will tackle challenging problems, drive end-to-end technology initiatives, and collaborate with product managers and designers to deliver robust software solutions.

You will lead cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and apply AI technologies to enhance user experiences while ensuring high availability and performance in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science or related field.
• 10+ years of experience developing systems for large business environments.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP) and modern full‑stack stacks.

Responsibilities

• Drives velocity by identifying opportunities and accelerating outcomes across the company.
• Leads end-to-end technology initiatives and architecture layers.
• Partners with cross-functional teams to design, develop, test, and release features.
• Delivers durable software designs balancing short-term and long-term objectives.
• Mentors and communicates effectively across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Distributed systems design

AI technologies integration

Full-stack development

Cloud platforms AWS/GCP

Mentoring & leadership

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related

Tools

React

Angular

SwiftUI

Kotlin

Java/Typescript/Spring/Express

Job description

Come join the Intuit as a Principal Software Engineer 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.

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.
• Guides the applicability of AI to customer problems through a deep understanding of the value of AI technologies.
• 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.
• Provide 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
• 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 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.
• 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 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 [1] 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: Bay Area California $ 261,500- 353,500 References Visible links 1. https://www.intuit.com/careers/benefits/full-time-employees/

The expected base pay range for this position is:
Mountain View $261,500 - $353,500