[Remote] Staff Backend Software Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Intuit is a global leader in financial management solutions, focusing on innovation and the integration of AI technologies. They are seeking a Staff Backend Software Engineer to drive technology initiatives, architect scalable applications, and mentor junior engineers while enhancing software applications with AI.

Responsibilities

• Drive significant technology initiatives end-to-end and across multiple layers of architecture
• Architect and develop scalable applications or systems
• Drive the design and implementation of durable software solutions to solve critical customer problems that are scalable, secure, easy to maintain, and interact with numerous other systems
• Provide recommendations and best practices for application development, platform development, and developer tools
• Actively stay abreast of industry best practices, share learnings, and experiment and apply cutting edge technologies
• Provide/inspire innovations that fuel the growth of Intuit as a whole and generate creative ideas for emerging business needs
• Work with global, cross-functional teams across time zones
• Communicate clearly, succinctly, and persuasively to all levels of employees, customers, and management (including executives)
• Proactively identify opportunities to enhance software applications with AI technology
• Coach and mentor junior engineers on best practices of software engineering, leveraging AI to enhance applications, and building their technical expertise to ensure efficient and effective outcomes
• Launch AI integrations in production and evaluate their impact on software performance and user satisfaction, using appropriate metrics

Skills

• BS/MS in Computer Science or related area or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of total experience delivering enterprise-class applications
• Solid foundation in writing scalable application code following best practices of accessibility, internationalization, and instrumentation
• Experience with cross-browser, cross-platform, and design constraints on the web and mobile
• Solid knowledge of algorithms and design patterns
• Proficiency in mid-tier languages like Java
• Experience with test automation: TDD, unit/integration/functional testing
• Experience with Relational Database Design and Implementation
• Interest in building CI/CD pipelines
• Practical experience in developing applications using microservices, container technologies, container management systems such as Kubernetes, Mesos, etc
• Strong experience with Databases design (SQL, NoSQL) and analytics
• Prior working experience in utility computing and/or cloud computing domain
• Experience building and deploying applications and services into cloud environments
• Proficient in building or integrating functional AI models using techniques such as LLM prompting, AutoML modeling, etc
• Skilled in evaluating and monitoring the performance of AI technology in production and making necessary adjustments to ensure optimal application performance
• Possesses an in-depth understanding of AI integration and can lead the integration process effectively, while coaching junior engineers on how to leverage AI
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, product managers, and software engineers

Benefits

• Cash bonus
• Equity rewards
• Benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs

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