Staff Software Engineer

Intuit; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit in Grand Rapids seeks a Staff Software Engineer (Backend) to help shape the QuickBooks Capital & Lending platform. You will design scalable REST services, mentor engineers, and lead a small team while delivering enterprise-grade web applications.

The role blends hands-on coding 40-60% with system design, operational excellence, and cross-functional collaboration across product, QA, and business units. Strong Java/Spring Boot expertise, AWS, and software architecture skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years designing and developing online SaaS applications (Backend).
• Experience leading meetings, presenting, cross-functional leadership.
• BS/MS in computer science or equivalent work experience.
• Expertise with Java/J2EE, SQL, AWS and other backend technologies.
• Experience with REST or SOAP web services and TDD.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop online web applications, prototypes, or POC.
• Lead gathering of requirements, develop technical specs, plan projects.
• Mentor engineers, demonstrate expertise, and lead a small team.
• Roughly 40-60% hands-on coding; rest on system design and coaching.
• Create documentation and presentations to communicate options.
• Resolve defects during QA, pre-prod, production, and patches.
• Collaborate with product, QA, and business units to drive results.
• Demonstrate passion for well-architected, scalable apps.
• Apply Agile/SCRUM/XP methodologies.

Skills

Leadership

REST APIs

Communication

SDLC

TDD

Architecture

Problem solving

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Java

SQL

CI/CD

AI coding tools

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: