Software Developer - Backend Engineering

Overview

Come join the API Management Platform Team as a Staff Software Developer.

API Management Platform team builds end to end API Management Platform for Restful, GraphQL and Async APIs.

Platform provides following key capabilities

• Provides Starter code, GenAI based tooling and SDKs for API Producers to produce world class APIs and API consumers to discover and consume these APIs with ease.
• API Metering and API Access Enforcement to monetize some of these APIs
• 3rd Party Application Developers to discover their API Usage in a self serve manner
• GraphQL Router with federation which serves all key Products of Intuit such as Quickbooks and Turbo Tax, at scale.

As a Staff Software Developer on this team, you will be working with a team of very talented engineers and Architects to take the platform to the next level.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements, use cases and drive project timelines
• Drive design and implementation of durable software solutions which are scalable, secure and easy to maintain
• Independently design the components that they are responsible for a given deliverable with minimal guidance.
• Actively seeks and incorporates design review feedback, also actively reviews design of peers and SWEs.
• Conduct code reviews, promote code quality, and ensure adherence to coding standards
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks and optimize architecture & code.
• Provide recommendations and best practices for Software Development
• Actively stay abreast of industry best practices, share learnings, and experiment and apply cutting edge technologies.
• Apply GenAI and/or AI/ML Techniques to accelerate Product Innovation.

• Strong leadership experience:
  Leading meetings, presenting, technical go to person
• Able to influence and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical people
• Ability to work with global teams across time zones
• Ability to work effectively in a fast paced, complex technical environment with high adaptability and flexibility
• Experience delivering results across cross-functional teams while maintaining effective working relationships
• "Self-starter" attitude and the ability to make decisions independently
• Develops talent and skills on the team through reviews, documenting and sharing standards, industry best practices and knowledge of Intuit capabilities.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers, fostering their growth and development.

• BS/MS in Computer Science or related area or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of professional experience delivering enterprise class applications
• 6+ years of experience in building Highly Scalable Distributed Solutions using Java.
• Team player possessing strong analytical, problem solving and communication skills
• Strong hands on experience of developing highly scalable Microservices (Rest and/or GraphQL)
• Experience in designing and developing distributed scalable and highly reliable applications in Cloud.
• Experience with AWS or some other cloud provider..
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes & Docker
• Expertise with unit testing & Test Driven Development (TDD).
• A passion for well written code, test-driven development, and engineering best practices.
• A win-together mindset. You cherish opportunities to help your customers and teammates to be successful.
• Good communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proficient in programming, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, troubleshooting.
• Strong hands-on experience of operating and supporting applications/Services in Production
• Proficient in using AI Assisted Coding and applying GenAI/AI/ML Tools & Techniques

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). 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.

Toronto $164,500 - $222,500