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# Director of Software Engineering

- **Company:** Intuit Inc.
- **Location:** Mountain View, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $308,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Infrastructure, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://intuit.avature.net/externalCareers/JobApplication?pipelineId=22690

## About the Role

* +18 years experience in software engineering and +7 years leading a high performing engineering team.
 * Deep technical fluency in streaming architectures, Kafka, event bus design, storage databases, and data catalogue systems at scale.
 * A proven operator, not just a strategist - comfortable being in the details on incidents, uptime, and day-to-day execution while also setting long-term direction.
 * A track record of leading transformation in infrastructure organizations - instilling process discipline and operational excellence at scale.
 * Strong people leadership: experience building teams and benches from a thin starting point, developing high-potential talent, and raising the executive presence of direct reports.
 * Executive presence and the gravitas to represent data infrastructure strategy to VP, SVP, and CTO-level stakeholders.
 * Background from a large-scale, infrastructure-intensive technology environment.
 * Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field required, Master Degree preferred.

## Description

* Full ownership of the data infrastructure stack: event bus, streaming, Kafka, storage databases, and multi-catalogue systems serving product teams (not backend ERP).
 * Drive transformation across the organization - establishing operational excellence, incident management discipline, and process rigor as the team scales.
 * Evolve the infrastructure roadmap to support Intuit's AI transformation, ensuring the platform can scale with AI-native workloads.
 * Build a world-class team - deepening organizational bench strength and succession depth at every level of leadership.
 * Manage and develop a team that includes strong existing talent, while continuing to raise the bar on capability across the broader org.
 * Partner cross-functionally with product and platform leaders across QuickBooks, TurboTax, and Intuit Enterprise Suite to align infrastructure priorities with product roadmaps.