Principal Software Engineer

Come join Intuit as a Principal Software Engineer! We’re constantly evolving to deliver on our mission to power prosperity around the world. As a Principal Engineer, you’ll shape Intuit’s long-term technical direction. You’ll anticipate problems that need new solutions, lead the conversion of existing systems to AI-native, and drive decisions that span business units. You bring deep software engineering craft alongside strong applied AI experience. Intuit is a global technology platform that helps consumers and small businesses overcome their most important financial challenges.

Responsibilities

• Anticipate challenges that need fundamentally new solutions and shape Intuit’s long-term technical direction

• Design scalable, resilient, and adaptive systems that unlock innovation, velocity, and value

• Recognize where AI applies within complex systems and lead the conversion of existing systems to AI-native architectures

• Make tradeoffs across AI techniques and algorithm choices to ship reliable, production-grade software

• Identify, champion, and integrate industry-leading or new technologies that create competitive advantage

• Set engineering standards for quality, security, and maintainability that others adopt

• Align stakeholders across teams and business units; drive execution and unblock delivery

• Coach technical leaders; advise senior leadership on team structure and engineering practices

• 12+ years developing systems and software for large scale business environments

• 8+ years designing complex distributed systems, platforms, or business applications

• Hands-on experience integrating AI into production software, ideally driving AI projects standalone with commoditized AI tools and agentic workflows.

• Experience modernizing systems toward AI-native patterns; experience driving AI architectural decisions across multiple teams a plus

• Full-stack experience with modern AI/ML platforms (Vertex AI, SageMaker, Bedrock), LLM APIs, agent orchestration frameworks, vector databases, and Python.

• Depth in at least one of:

• Front-end: React, Angular, SwiftUI (iOS), Kotlin (Android)

• Back-end: Java, TypeScript, Spring, Node.js

• Production experience in AWS or GCP

• BS/MS in Computer Science or related field; advanced degree preferred

• Track record of influencing technical strategy across business units and aligning executives

• Strong mentor; able to develop technical leaders and shape engineering culture

• Excellent communicator; makes decisive technical calls in ambiguity

• Drives results across cross-functional, globally distributed teams

The expected base pay range for this position is:

Mountain View $261,500 - $353,500

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Intuit will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with requirements of local law.