Principal Software Developer

Overview

The Consumer Group is looking for a Principal Developer for the TurboTax Virtual Expert Platform team. This technical leader will have true technical depth, business acumen, and a desire to create delight in every customer experience. S/he will have a passion for driving technical product direction, technology blueprint, leading and inspiring cross-functional teams, and influencing executives as well as engineers.

Designing and building platform solutions that allow teams across Intuit to release independently while bringing together a cohesive experience into our mobile applications is key to this role. We are looking for an engineer who has a strong understanding of large-scale system design. This leader is expected to innovate and enable applications that are highly interactive, fast and can scale to billions of interactions.

• 10+ years of industry experience in the software product industry with senior architecture/software development roles
• Proficient in full-stack architecture & design that serve millions of users
• Expertise in developing & designing customer facing web applications using the latest full-stack technologies including Java and React
• Experience in leveraging Amazon Web Services for building scalable applications
• Understanding of industry-leading technology/solutions in big data and machine learning
• Experience in making successful trade-offs that balance the short- and long-term product goals
• Partner with the engineering directors to build strong engineering teams
• Bachelor's degree required, or equivalent work experience
• Ability to lead complex change in an organization by articulating a clear case for change and then gaining shared vision with employees through effective, frequent and timely communication.
• Ability to apply performance management rigor... hire, mentor, coach and develop directs and other high-potential team members to be the best that they can be
• High energy, self-starter with a positive mindset and with a "can do" attitude
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent work-related experience
• Experience delivering applications and services using AWS, Java, Node.js and GraphQL

• Drive end-to-end architecture across Intuit's product offerings
• Lead the technology evolution of a high-volume full stack web application, including data, analytics, productivity, and tools
• Mentor others in development technologies, tools, and processes
• Present your own designs to internal and external groups, review designs of others
• Participates in industry conferences and public speaking opportunities at technology and business conferences
• Inspire innovation and deliver quality at speed across offerings and platform
• Partner with engineering leaders across Intuit to identify areas across people, process, and technology to dramatically improve velocity