Staff Backend Architect – SaaS Platform & Cloud

Intuit; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit is seeking a Staff Software Engineer (Backend) to help build enterprise‑scale QuickBooks Capital & Lending systems in Mountain View. You will work on Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, REST services, and cloud tech to deliver robust platforms for customers.

You will lead designs, mentor engineers, and drive end‑to‑end delivery with a strong focus on performance and scale. Excellent communication and agile practices are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years designing and developing online SaaS backend applications.
• Strong leadership, meetings, cross‑functional collaboration and mentoring.
• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Expertise in Java/J2EE, SQL, AWS and backend technologies; SDLC mastery.
• 5+ years building and consuming web services via REST or SOAP.
• Excellent communication for technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Proven architectural design, TDD, and strong team leadership.
• Experience handling on‑call duties and production incidents at scale.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop online SaaS backend applications and prototypes.
• Lead requirements gathering, technical specs, and test planning.
• Mentor engineers, demonstrate expertise, and guide a small team.
• Balance 40–60% hands‑on coding with system design and ops focus.
• Create technical docs and presentations for stakeholders and teams.
• Resolve defects across QA, pre‑prod, prod, and post‑release patches.
• Collaborate with product, QA/QE, and business units to drive results.
• Champion well‑architected web/mobile apps and agile practices.
• Contribute to process improvements and performance/scale tuning.

Skills

Java/J2EE

REST APIs

Leadership

SDLC

TDD

AWS

Kubernetes

Spring Boot

SQL

Communication

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

AWS

ElasticSearch

Kafka

REST APIs

SQL

Job description

Intuit is seeking a Staff Software Engineer (Backend) to help build enterprise‑scale QuickBooks Capital & Lending systems in Mountain View. You will work on Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, REST services, and cloud tech to deliver robust platforms for customers.

You will lead designs, mentor engineers, and drive end‑to‑end delivery with a strong focus on performance and scale. Excellent communication and agile practices are essential.