Staff Software Engineer, Turbo Tax Data

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

Job summary

Intuit's Consumer Group Data Engineering Team is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead data frameworks, ingestion pipelines, and tooling. You will be a technical leader across multiple scrum teams, applying advanced software engineering practices to design and support scalable data products.

Focus areas include Google Cloud, Spark, Flink, and AWS Big Data, with seniority guiding product direction and enabling rapid experimentation in collaboration with product managers and data scientists.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 8+ years of software engineering with data engineering background.
• Expertise in Java/Spring, Scala for Spark streaming & Spark apps, or other JVM languages.
• 5+ years of SQL, XML, JSON, YAML, strong Python and Linux.
• Experience Building AI/ML and GenAI applications, growth-focused AI/ML.
• Experience with GenAI tech like Cursor or Windsurf to accelerate development.
• Cloud proficiency with AWS, GCP, or Azure; AWS emphasized.
• Data warehousing and analytics architecture for large data volumes.

Responsibilities

• 70–85% hands-on development across full software life cycle.
• Diagnose, fix bugs, troubleshoot and define ongoing solutions for cross-capability issues.
• Lead, estimate work for data initiatives; create technical design specifications and data models.
• Mentor engineers, raise team knowledge, and promote inclusive culture.

Skills

Java (Spring/Springboot)

Scala for Spark

Python

SQL

Big data architectures

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Spark

Kubernetes

Jupyter Notebook

Databricks

SageMaker

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 includes Google Cloud, SPARK, Flink and AWS Big Data Systems.

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 includes 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