Staff Frontend Engineer — AI-Driven Web & UI Leadership

Intuit; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 255,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit is seeking a senior frontend-focused engineer who will push the boundaries of AI-enabled web and mobile experiences. You will lead a small team, translate user insights into elegant UI prototypes, and drive architecture decisions across the SDLC.

The role emphasizes building scalable, customer-centric applications and mentoring peers in best practices and AI-powered approaches. With a track record of shipping frontend solutions and a deep understanding of React/Typescript, you will

Qualifications

• BS/MS in computer science or equivalent work experience.
• 7+ years experience developing web, software, or mobile applications.
• Experience with JavaScript, Typescript, React, HTML, CSS.
• Experience in the Software design/architecture process, and the SDLC.
• Experience with web services (REST or SOAP).
• Ability to explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Expertise with unit testing & Test Driven Development (TDD).
• Familiar with the development challenges inherent with highly scalable and available web applications.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and innovating large scale, consumer facing web or mobile applications.
• Experience with open source technologies (if no practical work experience w/ Big Data, or cutting edge front-end technology—you’re prototyping and/or researching the up and coming technology and solutions).
• Proficient in building functional AI models using techniques such as prompting and AutoML.
• Skilled in monitoring the performance of models in production and making necessary adjustments to ensure optimal performance.
• Possesses an in-depth understanding of AI integration and can lead the integration process effectively, while coaching junior engineers on how to leverage AI.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, product managers, and software engineers.

Responsibilities

• Create Front End solutions to deliver exceptional customer experiences.
• Translate customer insights into mockups, wireframes, and proof-of-concept code
• Lead a small team to solve complex programming and design issues
• Contribute to project design and architecture and execute on web, mobile, and front end software development
• Provides technical direction and guidance to the team by analyzing, evaluating, and prioritizing technical issues/ features, ultimately ensuring that high-quality solutions are delivered
• Proactively identify opportunities to enhance software applications with AI technology
• Coach and mentor junior engineers on best practices of software engineering, leveraging AI to enhance applications, and building their technical expertise to ensure efficient and effective outcomes
• Launch AI integrations in production and evaluate their impact on software performance and user satisfaction, using appropriate metrics

Skills

JavaScript

Typescript

React

HTML

CSS

AI models (prompting/AutoML)

Unit testing

TDD

Software architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS/MS in computer science or equivalent

Tools

REST/SOAP

Job description

Intuit is seeking a senior frontend-focused engineer who will push the boundaries of AI-enabled web and mobile experiences. You will lead a small team, translate user insights into elegant UI prototypes, and drive architecture decisions across the SDLC.

The role emphasizes building scalable, customer-centric applications and mentoring peers in best practices and AI-powered approaches. With a track record of shipping frontend solutions and a deep understanding of React/Typescript, you will