Principal Software Engineer

Intuit

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$261,000–$353,000 / yr
Posted
147 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $307k
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This role pays more than 95% of similar roles. Most pay $174,600–$225,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $307k versus about $200k for comparable roles.

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About Intuit

Intuit is a financial software company known for products like TurboTax, QuickBooks, Mint, and Credit Karma, helping consumers and small businesses manage their finances and taxes. Industry: Financial Software & Technology

Intuit currently has 174 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $202,500–$274,000 across 152 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Software Engineer

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will join the team as a builder catalyst to drive velocity by identifying and executing key opportunities across the organization. You will lead significant technology initiatives end-to-end, including horizontal architecture layers, while designing durable software solutions for critical customer problems in a fast-paced environment. The role involves building AI-native applications, evaluating model accuracy, and creating robust, scalable technical designs that balance short-term goals with long-term performance. You will utilize technologies such as Python, SageMaker, Vert.x, LangChain, Large Language Models, Prompt Engineering, DialogFlow, and cloud environments like AWS or GCP. Your work involves full-stack development using React, Angular, SwiftUI, Kotlin, Java, TypeScript, Spring, or Express to solve complex business problems through innovative AI integration and cross-functional collaboration with product management and operations teams.

What does a Software Engineer earn in New York?

Median $224000 from 203 postings across 41 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Drive end-to-end technology initiatives including horizontal layers of the architecture to accelerate business outcomes.
  • Design and implement durable, scalable, and secure software solutions for critical customer problems in fast-paced environments.
  • Build AI-native applications by applying large language models and prompt engineering to real-world user experiences.
  • Evaluate and measure the accuracy of AI-driven solutions using specialized evaluation tools.
  • Create robust technical designs that balance short-term delivery with long-term performance and high availability.
  • Contribute to engineering standards, patterns, best practices, and research on emerging technologies for the broader community.
  • Mentor team members and influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders across cross-functional teams.

What we're looking for

  • BS/MS in Computer Science or a related field.
  • 10+ years of experience developing systems and software for large business environments.
  • 7+ years of experience designing complex distributed systems, management products, or business applications.
  • Full-stack development experience with AI technologies and tools applied to user experiences or backend solutions.
  • Experience with specific AI tools such as SageMaker, Vert.x, LangChain, LLMs, Prompt Engineering, DialogFlow, and Python.
  • Proficiency in front-end technologies like React, Angular, SwiftUI, Kotlin, or back-end technologies like Java, TypeScript, Spring, and Express.
  • At least 1 year of experience working on teams that have built AI-native applications.
  • Experience working in cloud computing environments such as AWS or GCP is highly desired.

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