Senior Backend Architect — SaaS Scale (Java/AWS)

Intuit; Bloomington (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

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Job summary

Intuit in Bloomington, IL is seeking a Staff Software Engineer (Backend) to architect and build enterprise-grade SaaS applications for QuickBooks customers. You will work with Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and Kafka on a high-impact platform.

The role blends hands-on coding (40-60%) with system design, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration across product, QA, and business units.

Qualifications

• 8+ years designing and developing online SaaS backend systems.
• 5+ years building web services with REST or SOAP.
• BS/MS in computer science or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop online SaaS backend applications and prototypes.
• Lead gathering of functional requirements, develop technical specifications, and project & test planning.
• Mentor engineers, demonstrate technical expertise, and lead a small team solving challenging programming and design problems.
• Roughly 40-60% hands-on coding; rest on system design, operational excellence and mentoring junior engineers.
• Generate technical documentation and presentations to communicate architectural options and educate teams.
• Resolve defects and patches during QA, pre-production, production, and post-release.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, QA/QE, and business units to drive results.
• Demonstrate passion for well-architected, scalable web/mobile apps.
• Experience with Agile Development, SCRUM, or XP methodologies.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

On-call / incident handling

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Java/J2EE

Spring Boot

REST/SOAP services

AWS

Kubernetes

Elasticsearch

Kafka

SQL

AI coding tools (Cursor/Claude/Codex)

Job description

Intuit in Bloomington, IL is seeking a Staff Software Engineer (Backend) to architect and build enterprise-grade SaaS applications for QuickBooks customers. You will work with Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and Kafka on a high-impact platform.

The role blends hands-on coding (40-60%) with system design, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration across product, QA, and business units.