VP of Technology & Head Architect — Consumer Platform

Intuit; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 385,000 - 521,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit is seeking an experienced VP of Technology (Engineering) to lead architecture for the Consumer Platform. You will translate business strategy into a durable technology strategy, focusing on AI-native solutions, Tax and Personal Finance capabilities, and cross‑functional collaboration with PD, XD, and Care teams.

This hands‑on leader will define governance, drive end‑to‑end solutions, and mentor Distinguished and Principal Engineers.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of product and platform development experience with BS/MS in computer science or equivalent
• 3+ years in a leadership, managing and coaching globally distributed teams and influencing third party technology strategy
• Demonstrated outstanding craft delivering SaaS at scale
• Demonstrated experience and expertise is developing full stack applications across multiple areas from architecture, services, applications, data, analytics, AI and marketing technologies
• Demonstrated ability to deliver customer outcomes with AI and data powered experiences
• Track record of developing high performing organizations and working in a highly collaborative environment across multiple organizations
• Demonstrated to operate with high level objectives and deliver with velocity
• Demonstrated ability to deliver bold, innovative outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to drive big transformations - organizational, technology, business outcomes. Able to operate strategically and tactically in the details
• Exceptional business acumen, strategic thinking, and ability to identify patterns and opportunities across a complex ecosystem of products and services
• Have a firm understanding of systems engineering and high‑availability design.
• Experience in operating at different levels of altitude across the entire software development lifecycle
• Skilled in creating strong partnerships, influencing stakeholders, and driving business outcomes across data, product, marketing, and sales
• Demonstrates ability to research & learn new technologies and business processes independently and apply them as needed.
• Passion for facilitative leadership, collaboration and lead teams across boundaries.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate at all levels - from front line engineers to senior leaders and executive leadership

Responsibilities

• Technology Strategy and Architecture for Consumer Platform
• Define and drive the technology strategy for Consumer Platform by partnering with Business Leadership and broader Intuit TechEcosystem to accelerate the business growth aspirations. Ensure technical governance of technologies being developed and partner with others to deliver end to end solutions. Evaluate solution designs to confirm technical feasibility, alignment with business objectives, and incorporation of critical non-functional requirements. Use, integrate, identify gaps and propose solutions across all technology assets in the company to ensure we have a cohesive platform. Emphasize development of AI Native solutions which leverage AI to the fullest extent to deliver customer benefit
• Boundaryless Collaboration
• Able to operate in a complex org structure and collaborating with multiple stakeholders globally. Partner with business and technology teams to prioritize roadmaps, requirements, balancing business needs with financial and technology constraints. Establish alignment of vision, strategy & delivery working with cross‑functional teams (PM, PD, XD, Care..) and stakeholders, including senior leaders across geographies.
• Operational & Engineering Excellence
• Establish and improve engineering and operational excellence efforts across the Consumer Platform that drive a productive environment for developers and high availability for our customers. Result‑oriented and deliver huge outcomes. Sets clear objectives and goals for the team and enables the team to deliver and use operating mechanisms to continually assess progress and improve. Establishes the data driven processes needed to achieve operational & engineering excellence. Foster Engineering culture within the team and across organizations.
• Build a high‑performance culture
• Grow and coach engineering talent, acts as a talent magnet to attract, nurture and retain senior talent including Engineering Directors, managers, engineers, and architects. Develops and drives strategy to hire, develop and mobilize talent for the organization.
• Speed as a Habit
• Can operate in a fast‑moving environment, make quick data driven customer backed decisions and execute fiercely to deliver outcomes.
• Customer Obsession
• Is a staunch advocate for the developers and customers. Stays close to customer problems and solves for them with urgency.

Skills

Leadership

SaaS at scale

Full stack architecture

AI and data powered experiences

Global team management

Strategic thinking

High availability systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Develop and coach engineers

Architecture strategy

Education

BS/MS in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Intuit is seeking an experienced VP of Technology (Engineering) to lead architecture for the Consumer Platform. You will translate business strategy into a durable technology strategy, focusing on AI-native solutions, Tax and Personal Finance capabilities, and cross‑functional collaboration with PD, XD, and Care teams.

This hands‑on leader will define governance, drive end‑to‑end solutions, and mentor Distinguished and Principal Engineers.