Tax Systems QA Specialist for AI Platform — Hybrid

Juno; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Juno is seeking a Tax Analyst to join the Applied Systems Readiness (ASR) team within the Engineering department. The role blends tax expertise with product quality, validating logic and stress-testing mappings before software releases in a hybrid San Diego setup.

You’ll work closely with engineers to translate tax rules into test cases, validate end-to-end tax workflows, and stress-test 1040 and business returns across multi-state scenarios. CPA/EA preferred; remote-friendly startup culture.

Qualifications

• 3+ years 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.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers to scope, build, and test tax software integrations and mappings.
• Validate end-to-end tax workflow from document upload to return generation.
• Stress-test complex returns (1040s and business entity returns) and multi-state scenarios.
• Support tax research and diagnose escalated tickets with robust fixes.
• Verify exports and tax logic across major tax software platforms.
• Create golden test datasets and benchmarks for accuracy evaluations.
• Run release QA, daily regressions, and sprint preps.
• Coordinate with Product and Customer Success for consistent behavior.
• Document tax logic decisions and QA findings for knowledge growth.

Skills

Tax proficiency

Accounting/Analytics

Attention to detail

Independent work

Remote collaboration

Education

CPA or EA (active or in progress)

Tools

Drake

ProConnect

Lacerte

UltraTax

CCH Axcess

ProSeries

Job description

Juno is seeking a Tax Analyst to join the Applied Systems Readiness (ASR) team within the Engineering department. The role blends tax expertise with product quality, validating logic and stress-testing mappings before software releases in a hybrid San Diego setup.

You’ll work closely with engineers to translate tax rules into test cases, validate end-to-end tax workflows, and stress-test 1040 and business returns across multi-state scenarios. CPA/EA preferred; remote-friendly startup culture.