Staff Software Engineer
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This role pays more than 72% of similar roles. Most pay $192,132–$250,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $238k versus about $221k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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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As a Staff Software Engineer on the Change Management team, you will shape the technical direction and low-level design of core platform services to ensure production changes are safe, fast, and observable. You will be responsible for establishing contract stability through integration tests, mentoring engineers, and designing scalable, modular, and secure infrastructure. Your daily work involves developing, testing, and deploying code while integrating Agentic workflows into both backend and frontend services. The role requires deep expertise in a modern backend stack using Go, front-end development with React, and cloud-native infrastructure including AWS and Kubernetes. You will manage API contracts and versioning while utilizing CI/CD tools like Argo CD for progressive delivery. This role solves critical problems at the intersection of developer productivity and operational reliability within the internal production environment.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.
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