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Principal Engineer - Builder Catalyst

Intuit

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Posted on Sep 7, 2024

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Software Engineering

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Principal Engineer – Builder Catalyst

Location(s): Mountain View, California; San Diego, California; Atlanta, Georgia; New York, New York

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Company Overview

Intuit is the global financial technology platform that powers prosperity for the people and communities we serve. With approximately 100 million customers worldwide using products such as TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp, we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to prosper. We never stop working to find new, innovative ways to make that possible.

Job Overview

Come join the Intuit as a Principal Software Engineer and help us power prosperity around the world. We are looking for engineers that love to take on new challenges, solve tough problems, and have deep empathy for our customers. You’ll work with a small group of passionate engineers, product managers and designers.

Qualifications

Ability to drive velocity in a highly matrixed environment, partnering with numerous stakeholders
10+ years of experience developing systems/software for large business environments.
7+ years of experience designing complex distributed systems, management products, or business applications.
Full-stack development experience with AI technologies/tools and apply it to user experiences or backend solutions.
Experience with AI technologies like SageMaker, Vert.x, LangChain, Large Language Models, Prompt Engineering, DialogFlow, Python
Experience with at least one of the following:
- Front-end technologies like React, Angular, SwiftUI (iOS), Kotlin (Android)
- Back-end technologies like Java, Typescript, Spring, Express (NodeJS)
Prior working experience in a cloud computing environment like AWS/GCP is highly desired.
Prior experience working in teams that have built AI native applications for 1+ years
BS/MS in Computer Science or related area.

Team/Leadership Qualifications

Team player possessing strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
Strong mentoring skills. Able to influence and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical people
Prefers working in a team and collaborates with other cross-functional partners.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, complex technical environment.
Excellent communication skills. Communicates clearly, succinctly, and persuasively to all levels of employees, customers, and management (including executives)
"Self-starter" attitude and the ability to make decisions independently
Experience driving for results across cross-functional teams while maintaining effective working relationships
Demonstrated ability to work with global teams across time zones

Responsibilities

Drives velocity in the organization by accelerating customer, business, and technology outcomes by identifying and driving key opportunities across the company.
Drives significant technology initiatives end-to-end, including horizontal layers of the architecture.
Understands customer behaviors and partners with cross-functional partners to influence and drive end-to-end solutions for customer problems.
Drives design and implementation of durable software solutions that will solve critical customer problems in a fast-paced environment
Executes with a boundaryless mindset and contributes to solutions outsideof their primary area of ownership.
Knowledge of building AI native applications
- Guides the applicability of AI to customer problemsthrough a deep understanding of the value and limitations of AI technologies.
- Understands evaluation tools to validate and measure the accuracyof solutions.
- High-level understanding of how AI models work, the different types of AI models that exist, and their pros and cons.
- Understanding of the latest tools and technologies that apply AI to real-world applications.
Creates robust, scalable, and secure technical designs, effectively implementing them to balance short-term and long-term objectives, ensuring high availability and optimal performance of applications
Passionate for continuous learning, experimenting, and applyingcutting-edge technology and software paradigms to solve customer problems

Team/ Collaboration:

Partners with other groups both inside and outside of Intuit for cross-functional design, development, and integration
Works with cross-functional team members from Architecture, Product Management, and Operations to design, develop, test, and release features

Community:

Contributes to standards, patterns, and best practices that improve the engineering community.
Provide perspective on leading industry trends, recommendations on new and emerging technologies, technology prototypes, patent proposals, and engineering process improvements.

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Emily Intuit employee

"One of the things that stands about Intuit is the impact that we have on our customers. Whether it's helping them yearly with their taxes or every day with their finances, it is truly satisfying to know that we’re using our resources and knowledge to power prosperity for millions of people around the world."

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"Working at Intuit is satisfying because our goal is not to get customers to spend as much time on our products. We want to make their financial lives easier whether it's filling out taxes or helping small businesses operate. It's a great combination of experimenting with new technology while also staying close to tangible problems for real people."

Alexandria Intuit employee

"Our goal at Intuit is to solve challenging financial problems for millions of people. It’s satisfying to design awesome solutions knowing that you’re helping people around the world achieve their dreams of prosperity."

Emily Intuit employee

"One of the things that stands about Intuit is the impact that we have on our customers. Whether it's helping them yearly with their taxes or every day with their finances, it is truly satisfying to know that we’re using our resources and knowledge to power prosperity for millions of people around the world."

Troy Intuit employee

"At Intuit, we have the unique opportunity to empower millions of communities around the world by helping small business owners, individuals, and the self-employed succeed and accomplish their dreams of prosperity. There’s nothing else like it."

Natalie Intuit employee

"I really felt drawn to Intuit because it's a place where I feel like I can make super meaningful impact on customers’ lives and their day-to-day. Finances are tricky and it’s emotional and stressful, and if I can help lift that burden off of someone, I feel like it’s worth it."

Emily Intuit employee

"One of the things that stands out about Intuit is the impact that we have on our customers. Whether it's helping them yearly with their taxes or every day with their finances, it is truly satisfying to know that we’re using our resources and knowledge to power prosperity for millions of people around the world."

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Alexandria Intuit employee

"Our goal at Intuit is to solve challenging financial problems for millions of people. It’s satisfying to design awesome solutions knowing that you’re helping people around the world achieve their dreams of prosperity."

Troy Intuit employee

"At Intuit, we have the unique opportunity to empower millions of communities around the world by helping small business owners, individuals, and the self-employed succeed and accomplish their dreams of prosperity. There’s nothing else like it."

Jake Intuit employee

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Alexandria Intuit employee

"Our goal at Intuit is to solve challenging financial problems for millions of people. It’s satisfying to design awesome solutions knowing that you’re helping people around the world achieve their dreams of prosperity."

Emily Intuit employee

"One of the things that stands out about Intuit is the impact that we have on our customers. Whether it's helping them yearly with their taxes or every day with their finances, it is truly satisfying to know that we’re using our resources and knowledge to power prosperity for millions of people around the world."

Breaunna Intuit employee

"It's a great feeling knowing that when you push out a new feature or fix, our customers notice it and really love the work that we do! Here at Intuit, not only do we have the freedom to work with the newest technologies, but we value solving challenging financial problems for our customers above everything else."

Chelsia Intuit employee

"One of my favorite aspects of this role is that my work is helping small business owners achieve their business goals by solving complex financial problems. It's gratifying to know that the work that I'm doing directly impacts consumers and makes their lives easier so that they can focus their energy on growing their business."

Troy Intuit employee

"At Intuit, we have the unique opportunity to empower millions of communities around the world by helping small business owners, individuals, and the self-employed succeed and accomplish their dreams of prosperity. There’s nothing else like it."

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