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Senior Staff Software Engineer

Global financial technology platform that powers prosperity for people and communities, serving approximately 100 million customers worldwide with products like TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp.
$201,000 - $272,000
Backend
Staff Software Engineer
Hybrid
5,000+ Employees
7+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · Finance

Description For Senior Staff Software Engineer

Join Intuit's PDX group as a Senior Staff Software Engineer developing the Service Mesh for the Intuit Kubernetes Service. This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology built on the open source Istio project, which has revolutionized service-to-service communication for hundreds of services in Intuit's ecosystem.

The role focuses on reinventing service-to-service communication at scale while innovating and contributing back to open source. You'll be part of a fast-paced, innovative team that loves tackling new challenges and cracking tough problems. The position requires expertise in developing and maintaining large-scale, developer-facing platforms, with a strong focus on operational excellence.

Key responsibilities include working with modern technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, Istio, and Envoy, while maintaining and contributing to open source projects. You'll need strong networking fundamentals, experience with L4/L7 load balancers, and expertise in building platforms for microservices ecosystems.

The ideal candidate brings 7+ years of hands-on software development experience, with proven experience in scalable consumer-facing SaaS software development. Strong communication skills are essential, as you'll be explaining complex issues to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Intuit offers a competitive compensation package ranging from $201,000 to $272,000, plus cash bonus and equity rewards. You'll be part of a company serving approximately 100 million customers worldwide through products like TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp, making a real impact on global financial technology.

This role provides an excellent opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to open source projects, and be part of a team that's shaping the future of service-to-service communication at scale. If you're passionate about technology innovation and want to make a significant impact while working with a collaborative team, this position at Intuit could be your next career move.

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Responsibilities For Senior Staff Software Engineer

  • Developing, maintaining, and innovating large scale, developer-facing platforms
  • Continuously raising the operational excellence bar of Service Mesh and related platforms
  • Building platforms for microservices ecosystems
  • Working with Kubernetes/Docker
  • Working with Istio and Service Mesh
  • Working with Envoy and envoy WASM filters
  • Maintaining/contributing to open source projects

Requirements For Senior Staff Software Engineer

Kubernetes
Go
  • 7+ years of hands-on software development experience
  • Experience developing scalable consumer-facing SaaS software using modern technologies including Istio, Go, Kubernetes, RESTful web
  • Experience with leveraging, contributing to and leading open source community projects
  • Strategic and analytical thinker who is hypothesis-driven
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent work-related experience
  • Good understanding of networking fundamentals
  • Experience with network proxies like nginx/envoy/rust
  • Good understanding of L4/L7 load-balancers
  • Familiar with security best practices

Benefits For Senior Staff Software Engineer

Medical Insurance
401k
Equity
  • Competitive compensation package
  • Cash bonus
  • Equity rewards
  • Benefits package

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