Senior Backend Software Engineer

Overview

Intuit is the global leader in financial management software where we have pioneered the shift to Virtual Platforms, cloud computing for consumers, small businesses and those that serve them. Intuit acts as a 40 year old startup, and we are constantly disrupting ourselves as we identify major new technology and design trends that are needed to deliver our mission to power prosperity around the world. Our groups are fast-paced teams focused on delivering innovative capabilities, and having fun while doing it.

Note: By applying to this position, your application will be automatically submitted to the following locations: Mountain View, San Diego, New York, Atlanta and the following teams at Intuit.

What You'll Bring

Core Skills:

• 5+ years of experience designing complex distributed systems, management products or business applications
• Expertise with unit testing & Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Strong experience leading design and implementation of robust and highly scalable web services
• Skilled in software development lifecycle processes and experience with scrum, agile and iterative approaches
• BS/MS in Computer Science or related area or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of professional working experience delivering production-ready code
• Strong OOD and SOA principles, with ability to implement them in a language of choice
• 5+ years of experience developing systems/software for large business environments (Java/J2EE, Python, Go preferred)

Desired Skills

• Practical experience in developing applications using microservices, container technologies, container management systems such as Kubernetes, Mesos, etc.
• Strong experience with Databases design (SQL, NoSQL) and analytics
• Prior working experience in utility computing and/or cloud computing domain
• Experience building and deploying applications and services into cloud environments (AWS highly desired)

How You Will Lead

• Drive design and implementation of durable and software solutions that will solve critical customer problems, are scalable, secure, easy to maintain, and interact with numerous other services
• Capture requirements and use cases
• Actively stay abreast on industry best practices, share learnings, and experiment and apply cutting edge technologies
• Provide recommendations and best practices for application development, platform development, and developer tools

Team/Leadership Characteristics

• Experience working with cross-functional teams while maintaining effective working relationships
• Ability to work with global teams across time zones
• Strong mentoring skills with ability to provide technical guidance and review code
• "Self-starter" attitude and the ability to make decisions independently
• Ability to work effectively in a fast paced, complex technical environment with high adaptability and flexibility
• Team player possessing strong analytical, problem solving and communication skills
• Communicates clearly, succinctly and persuasively to all levels of employees, customers and management