Staff Software Engineer

Intuit; Elyria (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit’s QuickBooks Capital & Lending platform is hiring a Staff Software Engineer (Backend) to design, build, and scale online SaaS applications. You will lead a small team, mentor peers, and drive architectural decisions while spending a significant portion coding and delivering robust REST services using Java/Spring Boot on AWS, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and Kafka.

You’ll work with cross-functional teams, participate in agile processes, and contribute to architectural decisions,

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience designing and developing online SaaS applications (Backend).
• Strong leadership experience: leading meetings, presenting, cross-functional leader.
• BS/MS in computer science or equivalent work experience.
• Expertise with Java/J2EE, SQL, AWS and other backend development technologies.
• Experience with REST/SOAP web services.
• Excellent communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience in SDLC, TDD, and system architecture.
• Experience with on-call responsibilities and production incidents for large-scale SaaS.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop online web applications, prototypes, or POCs.
• Gather functional requirements, develop technical specs, and plan projects and tests.
• Mentor engineers, demonstrate expertise, and lead a small team.
• Balance 40-60% hands-on coding with system design and operational excellence.
• Create technical docs and presentations to communicate options.
• Resolve defects during QA, pre-prod, production, and post-release patches.
• Coordinate with product, QA/QE, and business units to drive results.
• Champion well-architected web/mobile apps and agile methodologies.

Skills

Leadership

Backend design & development

REST APIs

Java/J2EE

SQL

AWS

Communication skills

System architecture

TDD

On-call/Production incidents

Education

BS in Computer Science

MS in Computer Science

Tools

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

Elasticsearch

Kafka

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: