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Senior software engineer - Data Platform

Intuit

SAN DIEGO, CAJob$171–232K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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Compensation
$171–232K/yr
Location
SAN DIEGO, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree, required

Job overview

The Senior Software Engineer will join Intuit’s Data Capabilities team to build real-time data services for in-product applications. The role sets technical direction, mentors engineers, and partners with data architects and senior leadership on the technology roadmap. It is hands-on with Kubernetes, Kafka, DynamoDB, and S3, while advancing engineering practices for testing, CI/CD, performance, and reliability.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Data Structures, requiredAlgorithms, requiredDistributed Systems, requiredSQL, requiredDatabase Performance, requiredSchema Design, requiredObject-Oriented Programming, requiredJava, requiredScala, requiredPython, requiredData Analysis, requiredData Quality Monitoring, requiredData Architecture, requiredPolicy Development, requiredAgile Methodologies, requiredKafka, nice to haveSpark, nice to haveDynamoDB, nice to haveAWS, nice to haveCloud Technologies, requiredS3, nice to haveEMR, nice to haveNetworking, nice to haveDevOps, requiredConfiguration Management, requiredSystems Optimization, requiredBackup Management, requiredHigh Availability, requiredMonitoring, requiredVersion Control, requiredProblem-Solving, requiredCommunication, requiredBusiness Writing, requiredPresentations, requiredInfluencing, requiredRelationship Building, requiredService-Level Agreements, requiredEscalation Planning, required

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Computer Science, requiredMaster's Degree, nice to have5+ Years Object-Oriented Programming, required5+ Years Software Engineering, required5+ Years Data Process Integration, required3+ Years Cloud Technologies, required5+ Years DevOps, requiredOpen Source Contributions, nice to have

Full job description

Overview

Join the Data Capabilities team as a Senior Software Engineer on Intuit's Data Platform. We're using data in groundbreaking ways to uncover customer insights, personalize customer experiences through AI/ML, and provide a unified customer view across all Intuit products. As a Senior engineer, you'll operate as a technical leader — setting the direction for how we build event-driven, real-time data services at scale, mentoring engineers across teams, and partnering with data architects and senior leadership to shape our technology roadmap. You'll be hands-on with core technologies like Kubernetes, Kafka, DynamoDB, and S3, while driving engineering excellence across testing, CI/CD, performance, and reliability practices.

Responsibilities

Develop web services that make big data available in real-time for in-product applications.

Work with data architects to ensure that Event Driven solutions are aligned with company-wide technology directions.

Lead fast moving development teams using agile methodologies.

Lead by example, demonstrating best practices for unit testing, CI/CD, performance testing, capacity planning, documentation, monitoring, alerting, and incident response.

Communicate progress across organizations and levels from individual contributor to senior executive. Identify and clarify the critical few issues that need action and drive appropriate decisions and actions. Communicate results clearly and in actionable form.

Serve as technical “go to” person for our core technologies – Kubernetes, Kafka, DynamoDB, S3, and springboot.

Demonstrate strong implementation aptitude to translate objectives into a scalable solution to meet the needs of the end customer while meeting deadlines.

Demonstrate commitment to your professional development by attending conferences, taking classes, giving technical presentations, and participating in developer communities inside and outside of Intuit.

Qualifications

BS in Computer Science. MS Preferred.

Strong CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms and distributed systems.

Strong database fundamentals including SQL, performance and schema design.

5+ years of strong Object Oriented Programming (Java, Scala, or Python)

5+ years of hands-on Software Engineering experience.

5+ years of experience integrating technical processes and business outcomes – specifically: data and process analysis, data quality metrics/monitoring, data architecture, developing policies/standards & supporting processes.

Strong project leadership experience, including being a technical lead for multiple complex software development projects using agile methodologies.

Experience with Kafka, Spark, Kafka, DynamoDB and AWS is a plus.

3+ years working with Cloud Technologies.

Experience with various offerings from AWS, including S3, EMR, Dynamo, Networking is a plus.

History of contributing to open source projects is a plus.

5+ years DevOps experience including configuration, optimization, backup, high reliability, monitoring and systems version control.

Track record working with data from multiple sources – willingness to dig-in and understand the data and to leverage creative thinking and problem-solving.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including business writing and presentations. Ability to communicate objectives, plans, status and results clearly, focusing on critical few key points. Demonstrated ability to work in a matrix environment, ability to influence at all levels, and build strong relationships.

Knowledge of enacting service level agreements and the appropriate escalation and communication plans to maintain them.

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position may 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 (https://www.intuit.com/careers/benefits/full-time-employees/) ). 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:

Mountain View $171,000 - $231,500

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.

How this job compares

Set against the 39,918 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$171–232K/yr
  • California median$164–243K/yr6,968 salary ranges
  • US median$132–215K/yr32,003 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $201K, is close to the California median midpoint ($205K) — in the middle half of Software Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 8,565 open Software Engineer jobs in California and 39,918 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (32,890 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 12,459 of the 39,918 open Software Engineer jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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