Staff Software Engineer, Fintech AI & Edge Payments

Intuit; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 203,000 - 274,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit is seeking a senior engineering leader to own the technical vision for major fintech capabilities, including agent-initiated settlement and edge AI-driven on-device intelligence. You will shape architecture, coordinate with compliance, and drive collaboration to scale this frontier technology into a product.

The role requires deep distributed-systems expertise, cross-functional leadership, and hands-on experience with the standard stack (Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript with

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience building software for large-scale environments.
• 5+ years designing complex distributed systems.
• Ownership of a complex technical domain end-to-end.
• Able to resolve deep technical and organizational ambiguity.
• Fluent in agent-driven development and observability.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical vision for a major capability area including agent-initiated settlement and edge AI.
• Lead technical design to position Intuit’s work as industry-relevant, not just internal.
• Anticipate cross-system risk spanning portfolio dependencies.
• Bridge engineering and domain/compliance stakeholders to scale proof points into products.
• Champion investment in frontier technology and influence the team’s direction.

Skills

Distributed systems

Agent-driven development

Cross-functional partnership

Java

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

React

Node.js

Kubernetes

Ownership

Ambiguity resolution

Compliance liaison

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science

Tools

AWS EKS

Job description

Intuit is seeking a senior engineering leader to own the technical vision for major fintech capabilities, including agent-initiated settlement and edge AI-driven on-device intelligence. You will shape architecture, coordinate with compliance, and drive collaboration to scale this frontier technology into a product.

The role requires deep distributed-systems expertise, cross-functional leadership, and hands-on experience with the standard stack (Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript with