Tax Analyst

Juno; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Juno is seeking a Tax Analyst to join the Applied Systems Readiness (ASR) team within the Engineering department. You will be the tax expert driving tax logic validation, data mappings, and edge-case testing for the AI-driven tax platform.

The role emphasizes ownership, rigorous QA, and collaboration with engineers and product teams. The position is hybrid in downtown San Diego, located at the HQ with Tue/Wed/Thu in the office and remote on Mon/Fri.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in tax preparation, accounting, or audit.
• CPA or EA (active or in progress).
• Strong understanding of federal and state returns, across individual and business entity returns.
• Experience with one or more professional tax software platforms (Drake, ProConnect, Lacerte, UltraTax, CCH, and ProSeries).
• Background at a tax, accounting, or auditing firm.
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong analytical thinking.
• Ability to work independently, take ownership, and operate comfortably in a remote startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with engineers as an embedded tax expert, helping scope and test tax software integrations, mappings, and tax logic.
• Validate the platform end-to-end with a tax-correctness lens from document upload to return generation.
• Stress-test complex scenarios for individual and business entity returns across multi-state and K-1s.
• Research tax logic and edge cases to assist engineers and resolve escalated tickets.
• Validate exports and tax logic across major professional tax software platforms.
• Build golden test datasets and benchmarks for accuracy evaluations.
• Run release QA, regression tests, and sprint prep.
• Collaborate with Product and Customer Success to ensure consistent behavior.

Skills

Tax experience

CPA/EA

Federal/state returns

Tax software

Auditing background

Attention to detail

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

Tools

Drake

ProConnect

Lacerte

UltraTax

CCH Axcess

ProSeries

Job description

Juno Tax Analyst San Diego, CA · Full time Company website

Juno is hiring a Tax Analyst to join our Applied Systems Readiness (ASR) team, part of Juno’s Engineering department, to help ensure the accuracy, consistency, and reliability of our AI-driven tax platform. This is a hybrid role, working out of our downtown San Diego HQ Tues/Wed/Thurs, working from home Monday and Friday.

About Juno

Founded by a CPA and tax firm owner, Juno is a fast-growing AI company solving real problems for tax accounting firms. Our mission is to empower every tax professional with technology that truly understands the job because it’s built by someone who’s lived it. Trusted by hundreds of firms and growing quickly, we’re building tools people rely on every day. If you’re excited about using AI to solve real problems and help shape the future of tax, we’d love for you to be part of it.

Description

Role Overview:

Juno is hiring a Tax Analyst to join our Applied Systems Readiness (ASR) team, part of Juno’s Engineering department, to help ensure the accuracy, consistency, and reliability of our AI-driven tax platform. You’ll work side by side with our engineers as the tax expert in the room, helping them build out and stress-test tax software integrations, mappings, and tax logic before they ship. ASR is the team that decides whether what we build is ready. We validate tax logic, pressure-test returns before they reach firms, and own the quality loop that keeps Juno’s first-pass accuracy high. This role sits at the intersection of tax, systems, and product quality, and is ideal for a tax professional who enjoys validating logic, working through edge cases, and thinking holistically about how tax data flows through a system. Strong tax fundamentals, curiosity, and an ownership mindset matter most; experience with tax software platforms or startups is a plus, but not required.

What You’ll Do

• Work directly with engineers as an embedded tax expert, helping them scope, build out, and stress-test tax software integrations, field mappings, and tax logic, and turning tax rules into clear requirements and test cases
• Validate the platform end-to-end with a tax-correctness lens, from document upload through AI extraction, validation, tax logic, tax software export, and return generation
• Stress-test complex scenarios across both individual (1040) and business entity returns (1065, 1120, 1120S), including multi-state returns, K-1s, investments, depreciation, partner/shareholder allocations, balance sheet and P&L mappings, and edge cases
• Support engineers with in-depth tax research on complex edge cases, helping diagnose and resolve escalated customer support tickets and making sure the fix holds up across similar returns
• Validate exports and tax logic across professional tax software platforms including Drake, ProConnect, Lacerte, UltraTax, CCH Axcess, and ProSeries
• Build and curate “golden” test datasets and expected-result benchmarks that feed our accuracy evals, turning recurring issues and real return scenarios into reusable test cases
• Run release QA cycles, daily regression tests, and full test preps each sprint
• Partner with Product and Customer Success to ensure consistent behavior across tax software mappings, preparer data that is pulled and validated, reviewer gotcha checks, and advisor and assistant AI responses
• Research and document tax logic decisions, QA findings, and edge cases so the team’s knowledge compounds over time

What We’re Looking For

• 3+ years of experience in tax preparation, accounting, or audit
• CPA or EA (active or in progress)
• Strong understanding of federal and state returns, across individual and business entity returns
• Experience with one or more professional tax software platforms (Drake, ProConnect, Lacerte, UltraTax, CCH, and ProSeries)
• Background at a tax, accounting, or auditing firm
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong analytical thinking
• Ability to work independently, take ownership, and operate comfortably in a remote startup environment

Nice-to-Haves (Not Required)

• Experience working with or alongside an engineering, product, or IT team in any capacity (e.g., software implementations, systems testing, requirements gathering, or tax technology projects)
• Familiarity with AI-powered productivity tools and an interest in applying emerging AI technologies to tax and accounting workflows
• Experience with multiple professional tax software platforms
• Experience preparing or reviewing 1040 and business entity returns (1065, 1120, 1120S)
• Bachelor’s in Accounting
• Interest in AI-driven products and modern tax technology

Salary

$80,000 - $100,000 per year