Senior Staff Software Engineer

Intuit; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 179,000 - 299,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer in Knoxville to architect and deliver large-scale systems with AI-native capabilities. You will lead complex domains end-to-end, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Architecture, Product, and Operations across teams.

Expect production-grade solutions and influence on technology direction to advance financial software platforms. The role emphasizes hands-on AI integration, modern ML platforms, and strong communication to drive cross-functional

Qualifications

• 8+ years developing systems and software for large business environments.
• 5+ years designing complex distributed systems, platforms, or business applications.
• Hands-on experience integrating AI into production software with commoditized AI tools.
• Experience using AI evaluation tools and shipping AI features to production.
• Strong mentoring and ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Drive velocity by accelerating customer, business, and technology outcomes
• Solve cross-cutting technical problems with complex dependencies and unclear definitions
• Lead architectural design for major product or system changes
• Build production solutions using commoditized AI, adhering to AI-Native Principles across your domain
• Use evaluation tools to validate and measure AI solution accuracy
• Evaluate and integrate transformative technologies that shape the future technical landscape
• Define coding principles, engineering standards, and testing strategies for your domain
• Drive adoption of best practices and tooling across multiple teams
• Help engineers beyond your team with feedback and architectural guidance
• Partner with Architecture, Product, Operations, and other groups on cross-functional design

Skills

Distributed systems

AI integration

Full-stack development

Python

AWS/GCP

Mentoring

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Vertex AI

SageMaker

Bedrock

LLM APIs

Vector databases

Agent orchestration frameworks

React

Angular

SwiftUI

Kotlin

Java

TypeScript

Spring

Node.js

Python

Job description

Overview

Come join Intuit as a Senior Staff Software Engineer! We're constantly evolving to deliver on our mission to power prosperity around the world. As a Senior Staff Engineer, you'll lead complex application segments end-to-end. You'll design durable software, build AI-native applications using commoditized AI, and influence technology direction across teams and domains. You'll solve hard cross-cutting problems and accelerate the engineers around you. Intuit is a global technology platform that helps consumers and small businesses overcome their most important financial challenges.

Overview

Come join Intuit as a Senior Staff Software Engineer! We're constantly evolving to deliver on our mission to power prosperity around the world. As a Senior Staff Engineer, you'll lead complex application segments end-to-end. You'll design durable software, build AI-native applications using commoditized AI, and influence technology direction across teams and domains. You'll solve hard cross-cutting problems and accelerate the engineers around you. Intuit is a global technology platform that helps consumers and small businesses overcome their most important financial challenges.

Responsibilities

• Drive velocity by accelerating customer, business, and technology outcomes
• Solve cross-cutting technical problems with complex dependencies and unclear definitions
• Lead architectural design for major product or system changes
• Build production solutions using commoditized AI, adhering to AI-Native Principles across your domain
• Use evaluation tools to validate and measure AI solution accuracy
• Evaluate and integrate transformative technologies that shape the future technical landscape
• Define coding principles, engineering standards, and testing strategies for your domain
• Drive adoption of best practices and tooling across multiple teams
• Help engineers beyond your team with feedback and architectural guidance
• Partner with Architecture, Product, Operations, and other groups on cross-functional design

Qualifications

• 8+ years developing systems and software for large business environments.
• 5+ 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 using AI evaluation tools and shipping AI features to production.
• Full-stack experience with modern AI/ML platforms (Vertex AI, SageMaker, Bedrock), LLM APIs, agent orchestration frameworks, vector databases, and Python; plus 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
• Drives velocity in a matrixed environment with numerous stakeholders
• Strong mentor; communicates effectively with technical and non-technical audiences
• Excellent communicator; self-starter who makes decisions independently
• Drives results across cross-functional, globally distributed teams

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position will 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 $220,500 - $298,500