Tax Expert

Luca IQ; Chicago (IL); Híbrido; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Luca IQ is hiring a tax expert to join the product team in a fully remote or Chicago-based role. You will review returns, identify edge cases, and translate tax workflows into product improvements, helping to build tax software you wish you had.

You bring CPA/EA credentials and hands-on tax prep experience with major software, and you will work closely with engineers and founders to align tax knowledge with product outputs.

Formación

• CPA or EA status is preferred or considered.
• Experience preparing individual returns with major tax software.
• Experience reviewing returns, not just preparation.
• Strong understanding of US federal individual income tax.

Responsabilidades

• Prepare and review individual income tax returns.
• Identify edge cases and complex scenarios affecting the product.
• Contribute tax knowledge to shaping the product roadmap.
• Collaborate with engineers to explain tax rules and expected outcomes.

Conocimientos

Tax preparation

Tax review

US Federal Tax

Cross-functional collaboration

Educación

CPA or Enrolled Agent

Herramientas

Drake

UltraTax

CCH

Lacerte

ProSeries

Descripción del empleo

Compensation Competitive, commensurate with experience

Type Full-time · Remote or Chicago, IL

Path Direct input into the product roadmap alongside engineers, founders, and customers

About Luca IQ

If you’ve spent tax seasons inside UltraTax, CCH, Drake, Lacerte, or similar software, you already know the problem. Tax professionals still rely on decades-old tools, rigid workflows, repetitive data entry, and disconnected systems.

Luca IQ is building the tax platform professionals should have had years ago: modern software that takes a return from client documents through preparation, review, and filing in one place.

We’re looking for tax experts who have lived through tax seasons firsthand and want to help shape the future of tax accounting.

The Role

You’ll work closely with the founding team to review returns, identify edge cases, and translate real-world tax workflows into product improvements.

This is not a traditional accounting firm role. You’ll bring your tax expertise into the product-building process, working at the intersection of tax, technology, and product.

What You'll Do

• Prepare and review individual income tax returns
• Identify tax edge cases, complex scenarios, and ways to break the product
• Bring your tax preparation experience to help shape the product roadmap
• Work directly with engineers to explain tax rules and expected outcomes

Who You Are

• Certified Public Accountant. Experienced Enrolled Agents may also be considered
• Experienced preparing individual tax returns using professional tax software such as Drake, UltraTax, CCH, Lacerte, ProSeries, or similar platforms
• Experienced reviewing tax returns, not just preparing them
• Strong understanding of U.S. federal individual income tax

What Makes This Role Different

At a traditional accounting firm, your work ends when the return is finished. At Luca IQ, the tax knowledge you bring can improve how thousands of future returns are prepared.

You’ll have a direct line between what you see in real tax work and what gets built into the product. You’ll work alongside engineers, founders, and customers to help create the tax software you wish you had when preparing and reviewing returns.

If you’ve spent years working around the limitations of traditional tax software and have thought, there has to be a better way to do this, this is an opportunity to help build it.

If you’re an experienced tax professional who enjoys technology and wants to help build the next generation of tax software, we’d love to hear from you.