Staff Software Engineer, Back End

Intuit

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On-site
Location
San Diego, CA
Salary
$188,500–$255,000 / yr
Posted
23 days ago
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Similar $215k
This role $222k
$167k most similar roles pay here $273k

This role pays more than 62% of similar roles. Most pay $192,050–$238,837 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $222k versus about $215k 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 · Staff Software Engineer, Back End

Staff Software Engineer - Back End joins a team focused on building durable, scalable software solutions to solve critical customer problems. This role involves driving end-to-end technology initiatives across multiple architectural layers, designing systems that are secure and easy to maintain while interacting with numerous other systems. The engineer will architect applications, provide best practices for developer tools, and mentor junior engineers on engineering standards and AI integration. Key responsibilities include launching AI integrations in production and evaluating their impact on performance. Technical requirements include proficiency in Java, experience with microservices, container technologies like Kubernetes, and relational database design using SQL or NoSQL. The role requires expertise in TDD, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud computing environments. Candidates must be skilled in LLM prompting and AutoML modeling to integrate functional AI models into the product ecosystem.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Drive end-to-end technology initiatives across multiple layers of architecture.
  • Architect and develop scalable, secure, and maintainable software solutions for critical customer problems.
  • Identify opportunities to enhance software applications with AI technologies.
  • Launch AI integrations in production and evaluate their impact on performance and user satisfaction.
  • Provide recommendations and best practices for application development, platform development, and developer tools.
  • Coach and mentor junior engineers on software engineering best practices and leveraging AI.
  • Propose innovative ideas to meet emerging business needs and fuel company growth.

What we're looking for

  • BS/MS in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience.
  • 7+ years of total experience delivering enterprise-class applications.
  • Proficiency in mid-tier languages like Java and solid knowledge of algorithms and design patterns.
  • Experience with test automation including TDD, unit, integration, and functional testing.
  • Practical experience with microservices, container technologies, and management systems like Kubernetes or Mesos.
  • Strong experience with Relational Database Design (SQL, NoSQL) and analytics.
  • Experience building and deploying applications into cloud environments within the utility or cloud computing domains.
  • Proficiency in building/integrating AI models using LLM prompting or AutoML and evaluating their performance in production.

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