Staff Software Engineer, Back End

Intuit

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Diego, CA
Salary: $188,500–$255,000 / yr
Posted: 70 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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, architecting complex systems, and mentoring junior engineers on software engineering best practices. You will design and implement durable applications that interact with numerous systems while proactively identifying opportunities to enhance software with AI technology. Key responsibilities include launching AI integrations into production and evaluating their impact on performance. Required technical skills include proficiency in Java, relational database design, and experience with SQL, NoSQL, and analytics. You must demonstrate expertise in microservices, container technologies like Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines. The role requires practical experience in cloud computing, utility computing, and 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 AutoML Functional Testing Algorithms Design Patterns

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 and integrate AI technologies to enhance software applications.
Launch AI integrations in production and evaluate their impact on performance and user satisfaction using specific metrics.
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 to enhance applications.
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.
Experience with Relational Database Design and Implementation, including SQL and NoSQL.
Practical experience developing applications using microservices and container technologies 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.
Experience with test automation including TDD, unit, integration, and functional testing.

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