Staff Software Developer Back End
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 API Management Platform Team as a Staff Software Developer, Back End in Toronto.
API Management Platform team powers Webhooks for Intuit's QuickBooks customers as well as provides the platform for API externalization and Metering to Intuit teams so that they can easily externalize & monetize their APIs.
These capabilities are used by Intuit's Engineering teams to enable QuickBooks change notifications as well as expose Intuit APIs to 3rd Party Developers in standardized way and meter their API usage so that Intuit can collect usage charges from them.
As a Staff Software Developer on this team, you will be working with a team of very talented Software Developers and Architects to take the platform to the next level.
Intuit has embraced a hybrid working model with the expectation of working from our Toronto office 3 days per week.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements, use cases and drive project timelines.
- Drive design and implementation of durable software solutions which are scalable, secure and easy to maintain
- Independently design the components that they are responsible for a given deliverable with minimal guidance.
- Actively seeks and incorporates design review feedback, also actively reviews design of peers and SWEs.
- Conduct code reviews, promote code quality, and ensure adherence to coding standards
- Identify and address performance bottlenecks and optimize architecture & code.
- Provide recommendations and best practices for Software Development
- Actively stay abreast of industry best practices, share learnings, and experiment and apply cutting edge technologies.
- Apply GenAI and/or AI/ML Techniques to accelerate Product Innovation.
Leadership Responsibilities:
- Strong leadership experience: Leading meetings, presenting, technical go to person
- Able to influence and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical people
- Ability to work with global teams across time zones
- Ability to work effectively in a fast paced, complex technical environment with high adaptability and flexibility
- Experience delivering results across cross-functional teams while maintaining effective working relationships
- "Self-starter" attitude and the ability to make decisions independently
- Develops talent and skills on the team through reviews, documenting and sharing standards, industry best practices and knowledge of Intuit capabilities.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers, fostering their growth
Qualifications
- BS/MS in Computer Science or related area or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of professional experience delivering enterprise class applications
- 6+ years of experience in building Highly Scalable Distributed Solutions using Java.
- Team player possessing strong analytical, problem solving and communication skills
- Strong hands on experience of developing highly scalable Microservices (Rest and/or GraphQL)
- Experience in designing and developing distributed scalable and highly reliable applications in Cloud.
- Experience with AWS or some other cloud provider..
- Deep understanding of Kubernetes & Docker
- Expertise with unit testing & Test Driven Development (TDD).
- A passion for well written code, test-driven development, and engineering best practices.
- A win-together mindset. You cherish opportunities to help your customers and teammates to be successful.
- Good communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proficient in programming, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, troubleshooting.
- Strong hands-on experience of operating and supporting applications/Services in Production
- Proficient in using AI Assisted Coding and applying GenAI/AI/ML Tools & Techniques
Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position will be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender. The expected base pay range for this position is:
Toronto Ontario: $172,000 - $222,000 CAD
Career Path
Mobility plays an important role for our engineering community. In addition to vertical growth, our teams offer lateral growth opportunities. Whether it’s working on a different tech stack or product, Intuit will help you get to the next step in your career.
- Software Engineer 1 & 2
- Sr. Software Engineer
- Staff Software Engineer
- Sr. Staff Software Engineer
- Principal Software Engineer
- Distinguished Software Engineer
There's so much flexibility in terms of moving not just between teams, but between roles.
Lucy Shen Developer Advocate
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