Staff Software Engineer: AI-Driven Tax Experiences

Intuit; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 189,000 - 255,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit seeks a Staff Software Engineer for Tax Experiences to architect next-gen intelligent, scalable tax experiences powering TurboTax. You will lead across the org, set architectural direction, and drive AI-powered innovation with product, design, and data science teams.

You’ll collaborate with cross-functional groups globally, influence technical direction, and mentor engineers while delivering secure, maintainable solutions for peak seasonal traffic.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of total experience delivering enterprise-class applications with staff-level leadership.
• Solid foundation in scalable code, accessibility, internationalization, and instrumentation.
• Experience with web and mobile cross-browser constraints.
• Deep expertise in algorithms, design patterns, and distributed systems architecture.
• Proficiency in Java and experience architecting high-throughput backend services.
• Experience with test automation (TDD, unit/integration/functional), at scale.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, analytics, and data modeling.
• Deep experience building CI/CD pipelines and engineering velocity across teams.
• Practical experience with microservices and Kubernetes, cloud deployments.
• Experience in tax/fintech or regulated domains is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive significant technology initiatives end-to-end across Tax Experiences architecture.
• Architect and develop scalable, resilient applications for seasonal traffic spikes.
• Design durable software solutions that are secure, maintainable, and integrable with upstream/downstream systems.
• Set technical direction and provide best-practices for development and tooling.
• Stay abreast of AI and tax-technology best practices; share learnings and apply cutting-edge techniques.
• Provide innovations to fuel growth and explore new filing scenarios and personalization.
• Collaborate with global cross-functional teams across time zones.
• Communicate clearly to employees, customers, and executives.
• Lead AI integration into production tax products and measure impact on performance.
• Coach and mentor engineers on software engineering best practices and AI-enabled applications.

Skills

Technical leadership

AI/model integration

Distributed systems

High throughput backend services

CI/CD pipelines

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science

Tools

Java

Kubernetes

SQL/NoSQL databases

Microservices

Job description

Intuit seeks a Staff Software Engineer for Tax Experiences to architect next-gen intelligent, scalable tax experiences powering TurboTax. You will lead across the org, set architectural direction, and drive AI-powered innovation with product, design, and data science teams.

You’ll collaborate with cross-functional groups globally, influence technical direction, and mentor engineers while delivering secure, maintainable solutions for peak seasonal traffic.