Staff Software Engineer - Credit Karma

Intuit; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit Credit Karma’s Portals team builds the real‑time personalization engine that decides what each member sees in the app. As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll shape the platform, own the targeting logic, and drive AI‑native innovations that affect millions of users.

You’ll lead end‑to‑end initiatives, design scalable microservices, and mentor teams while improving tooling and processes. The role emphasizes real‑time performance, strong API contracts, and modern cloud‑native practices in a

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience delivering enterprise‑class applications with backend focus.
• Proficiency in TypeScript, Java, and/or Scala.
• Expert in scalable microservices, messaging patterns, and data pipelines.
• Strong API contracts, CI/CD, testing, and OO fundamentals.
• BS/MS in CS, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the Portal platform's real-time content decisions and tech vision.
• Architect real-time rules and logic engine with millisecond response times.
• Lead GenAI/ML integration to enhance personalization patterns.
• Drive end‑to‑end initiatives across multiple systems and layers.
• Build reusable tooling, testing infra, and safe deployment workflows.
• Mentor engineers, review designs, and promote best practices.
• Tackle technical debt and improve tooling across teams.

Skills

Backend development

API design

Microservices

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Databases

AI models

OOP & testing

CI/CD

TypeScript/Java/Scala

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

GraphQL

Node.js

Job description

Overview

The Portals team sits at the heart of how Intuit Credit Karma delivers personalized experiences to its members. As a Senior Software Engineer on this team, you'll own the system that decides in real time what each member sees when they open the app. That means working on problems that directly impact millions of people and the financial decisions they make every day.

Responsibilities

• Shape Platform Strategy: Own the technical vision and long‑term viability of the Portal platform that decides, in real time, what personalized content each Credit Karma member sees, tailored to their unique financial profile.
• Evolve the Targeting Engine: Lead the architectural design of our real‑time rules and logic engine, ensuring it scales elegantly while maintaining millisecond‑level response times on every app load.
• Drive AI‑Native Innovation: Champion the integration of GenAI and machine learning into the platform for smarter content selection and advanced personalization patterns.
• Orchestrate Complex Initiatives: Drive high‑impact tech initiatives end‑to‑end, sequencing complex dependencies and managing risks across multiple systems and layers of architecture.
• Empower & Velocity‑Proof Teams: Build reusable tools, testing infrastructure, and workflows that allow other product and marketing teams across the company to deploy changes faster and safer.
• Elevate Engineering Talent: Provide clear goals, facilitate technical design reviews, and give actionable feedback to senior engineers so they can lead projects independently.
• Solve Systemic Gaps: Partner closely with cross‑functional leads and managers to systematically tackle technical debt, tooling deficiencies, and team skill gaps to continuously boost productivity.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience delivering enterprise‑class applications, with a strong focus on backend software development, API design, and robust client/server contracts.
• Proficiency in mid‑tier and backend functional languages, specifically TypeScript, Java, and/or Scala.
• Deep expertise in designing scalable microservices architectures, messaging patterns, container management (Kubernetes, Docker), and infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform).
• Strong experience with relational database schema design, NoSQL, ORM concepts, and high‑volume, low‑latency data pipelining.
• Proficient in, or highly capable of, integrating and evaluating functional AI models (e.g., LLM prompting, personalization algorithms) in a production setting.
• Solid foundation in OOP, algorithms, web application internals, test automation (TDD, unit/integration testing), and CI/CD best practices.
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience working with SaaS platforms or large‑scale financial/experimentation platforms.
• Experience with GraphQL and Node.js.
• Proven track record of defining long‑term technical strategies and influencing engineering organization best practices.

Compensation and Benefits

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: