Staff Software Engineer, Turbo Tax Data

Intuit; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 203,000 - 274,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in Mountain View, CA to lead data engineering initiatives within the Consumer Group. You will be a technical leader across data frameworks, ingestion pipelines, and tools, working in a cross-functional team with product managers, designers, and data scientists.

You will spend most of your time hands-on writing Java/Scala, Python, and Spark-based data pipelines, with a focus on scalable architectures across AWS/Azure/GCP.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• 70-85% hands-on development in all phases of the software life cycle.
• Rapidly fix bugs and solve problems, and troubleshoot issues, defining ongoing solutions.
• Lead, estimate work for initiatives, create technical design specifications and implement data models.
• Raise team knowledge and engagement through collaborative technical sessions.
• Mentor engineers and develop a strong talent pipeline.
• Guide engineers to elevate experimentation and growth capabilities across the org.
• Understand customer behavior and business levers to drive measurable impact.
• Apply end-to-end system design with operational excellence, security, reliability, performance, and cost optimization.

Skills

Java/Spring

Python

Data engineering

GenAI/AI/ML

Spark

Cloud proficiency

Linux

SQL

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science or Data Engineering

Tools

Docker

Spark

Kubernetes

Jupyter Notebook

Databricks Notebooks

SageMaker

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Overview

Come join the Consumer Group Data Engineering Team as a Staff Software Engineer. We are leveraging big data technologies to gain new insights into our customer experiences, building data frameworks, ingestion pipelines and tools. Some of the technologies we are leveraging include Google Cloud, SPARK, Flink and AWS Big Data Systems. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be a technical leader and domain expert in data engineering, responsible for multiple capabilities or sections of a composite application. This role involves applying master level software engineering and industry best practices to design, implement, and support software products and services, leading complex projects. You will participate in the entire product lifecycle for data, software products, and services that are broad in scope and complexity, applying a full understanding of software engineering methodologies and industry best practices for data products. You will utilize specialized knowledge to design, develop, and maintain Intuit’s data solutions. This is an individual contributor level role with no direct reports or managerial duties. You will typically drive work across one or more scrum teams (5 to 12 engineers), influencing technology and product direction and making localized decisions that balance short-term goals with long-term business impact. You will act as a role‑blended engineer, proactively identifying and sizing growth opportunities, and partnering closely with product managers, designers, and data scientists to ideate, test, and validate hypotheses using rapid experimentation.

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Execution

• 70-85% hands‑on development in all phases of the software life cycle.
• Rapidly fix bugs and solve problems, and troubleshoot issues, defining ongoing solutions. Expertly diagnose and resolve complex, cross‑capability issues.
• Lead, estimate work for initiatives Create technical design specifications and implement data models

Mentorship & Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Raise team knowledge, skill, and engagement through collaborative technical sessions and other tech forums.
• Mentor and assess engineers, continuously developing and maintaining a strong talent pipeline, and actively participating in calibrations and assessments.
• Role model and develop a culture of inclusivity on the team.
• Guide and mentor engineers to elevate experimentation and growth engineering capabilities across the organization.

Growth & Product Mindset

• Understand customer behavior, funnel metrics, and business levers, ensuring every technical investment drives measurable impact.
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of current technology trends and best practices. You will leverage expertise in end‑to‑end system design using a mindset of 5 pillars (Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, and Cost Optimization), creating and promoting standards and guiding teams to balance long and short outcomes.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong background in data engineering.
• Expertise in developing Software for Java (Spring & Springboot), Scala for Spark streaming & Spark applications, or other JVM based languages.
• 5+ years of Expert professional experience with SQL, XML, JSON, YML, very strong Python and Linux.
• Experience Building and using AI / ML, Generative AI, and experience with growth‑focused AI/ML applications (personalization, recommendation engines, predictive modeling).
• Use of GenAI technologies such as Cursor or Windsurf to accelerate development and efficiency in the software development to build reusable GenAI platform components.
• Expertise with tools and frameworks such as Docker, Spark, Scala, Jupiter Notebook, Databricks Notebooks, Kubernetes, Feature Management Platforms, and SageMaker.
• Expert knowledge of software development methodologies and practices, including Agile Development, SCRUM, and/or Extreme Programming methodologies.
• Strong background using cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, including Amazon Web Services: EC2, S3, EMR (Elastic Map Reduce), DynamoDB, and Athena, or equivalent cloud computing approaches. Expertise with AWS is specifically noted.
• Professional working experience in Data Warehousing and analytic architecture and experience working with large data volumes and data visualization.

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

San Diego $188,500 - $255,000

Mountain View, CA $202,500- $274,000