Staff Software Engineer

Intuit; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cash bonus potential

Equity rewards

Benefits package

Job summary

Intuit is seeking a Staff Software Engineer (Backend) to join the QuickBooks Capital & Lending platform in Cleveland. You will architect and build enterprise-scale SaaS backend services using Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, AWS, and modern dev practices.

The role involves 40–60% hands-on coding with emphasis on system design, reliability, and mentoring engineers. Strong collaboration with product, QA, and business units is required, along with Agile practices and a passion for scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience designing and developing online SaaS backend applications.
• BS/MS in computer science or equivalent work experience.
• Expertise with Java/J2EE, SQL, AWS and backend development; REST/SOAP proficiency.
• Strong SDLC knowledge and testing approaches (TDD).
• Proven leadership: meetings, cross-functional collaboration, mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop online SaaS backend applications and prototypes.
• Lead requirements gathering, technical specs, and project/test planning.
• Mentor engineers and lead a small team on design problems.
• Balance 40–60% hands-on coding with system design and operations focus.
• Create architecture docs and presentations for teams and stakeholders.
• Resolve defects across QA, pre-production, production, and post-release patches.
• Collaborate with product management, QA/QE, and other business units to drive results.
• Champion well-architected, scalable web/back-end systems and Agile practices.

Skills

Java/J2EE

Spring Boot

REST APIs

SQL

AWS

Kubernetes

Software architecture

Leadership

TDD

SDLC

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science

Tools

Cursor

Claude

Codex

Job description

Overview

Come join the QuickBooks Capital & Lending platform team as a Staff Software Engineer (Backend). You will join an innovative and passionate team of engineers using cutting edge technologies like Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, AWS, Elastic Search, Kafka, to build enterprise scale software for our QuickBooks customers. We are looking for an engineer with a background in back-end web technologies (Java/Kotlin, Spring, REST services, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Architecting and developing online web applications, prototypes, or proofs of concepts (POCs)
• Leading the gathering of functional requirements, developing technical specifications, and project & test planning
• Acting as the technical subject matter expert: Mentoring fellow engineers, demonstrating technical expertise, and leading a small team solving challenging programming and design problems
• Roughly 40-60% hands-on coding. Rest focused on System design, operational excellence and coaching/mentoring junior engineers.
• Generate technical documentation and PowerPoint presentations to communicate architectural and design options, and educate development teams and business users
• Resolve defects/bugs during QA testing, pre-production, production, and post-release patches
• Work cross-functionally with various Intuit teams including product management, QA/QE, various product lines, and/or business units to drive forward results
• Demonstrate a passion for developing well architected, elegant, web and/or mobile apps
• Experience with Agile Development, SCRUM, or Extreme Programming methodologies

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience designing and developing online SaaS applications (Backend).
• Strong leadership experience: Leading meetings, presenting, technical go to person, and cross-functional leader
• BS/MS in computer science or equivalent work experience
• Expertise with the following: Java/J2EE, SQL, AWS and other backend development technologies. Proficient with AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude or Codex)
• Expertise with the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• 5+ years experience with web services (consuming or creating) with REST or SOAP
• Excellent communication skills: Demonstrated ability to explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Expertise in the Software design/architecture process
• Expertise with unit testing & Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Business Acumen - strategic thinking & strategy development
• Building strong teams - set and evangelize vision, facilitative leadership, attract and retain key talent
• Experience in handling On-call responsibilities & production incidents for large scale, high throughput SaaS applications. Be a proponent of building systems for performance and scale.

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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 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: