Staff Software Engineer, Back End

Intuit

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Work type: On-site
Location: Mountain View, CA
Salary: $202,500–$274,000 / yr
Posted: 69 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

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This role $238k

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This role pays more than 84% of similar roles. Most pay $184,649–$226,800 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $238k versus about $206k 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 255 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $202,500–$274,000 across 236 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Back End

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The Staff Software Engineer - Back End joins a dynamic team focused on building scalable, secure, and maintainable software solutions for financial management. This role involves driving end-to-end technology initiatives across multiple architecture layers, designing durable systems that interact with numerous other systems, and mentoring junior engineers on software engineering best practices. The engineer will proactively identify opportunities to enhance applications with AI technology, launching integrations into production and evaluating performance metrics. Key technical requirements include proficiency in Java, relational database design, and experience with SQL, NoSQL, and analytics. Candidates must demonstrate expertise in microservices, container technologies like Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines. The role requires practical experience in cloud computing and utility computing, specifically integrating functional AI models using LLM prompting and AutoML modeling.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.

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Skills

Java AI LLM Kubernetes Microservices SQL NoSQL CI/CD TDD Cloud Computing Relational Database Design Container Technologies AutoML Design Patterns Algorithms

What you'll do

Drive significant technology initiatives end-to-end across multiple layers of architecture.
Architect and develop scalable, secure, and maintainable software solutions to solve critical customer problems.
Proactively identify opportunities to enhance software applications with AI technology.
Launch AI integrations in production and evaluate their impact on performance and user satisfaction using metrics.
Coach and mentor junior engineers on software engineering best practices and leveraging AI for applications.
Provide recommendations and best practices for application development, platform development, and developer tools.
Experiment with and apply cutting-edge technologies to fuel business growth and innovation.

What we're looking for

BS/MS in Computer Science or related area or equivalent experience.
7+ years of total experience delivering enterprise-class applications.
Proficiency in mid-tier languages like Java.
Solid knowledge of algorithms, design patterns, and relational database design and implementation.
Experience with test automation including TDD, unit, integration, and functional testing.
Practical experience developing applications using microservices, container technologies, and management systems like Kubernetes or Mesos.
Experience building and deploying applications and services into cloud environments.
Proficient in building or integrating functional AI models using techniques such as LLM prompting and AutoML modeling.

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