Intuit
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Data Engineering
$206K–$278K
San Diego, California +1 · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Location
- San Diego, California
Mountain View, California - Experience
- 9+ years of software engineering experience; 5+ years with SQL, XML, JSON, YML, Python, and Linux; 5+ years with big data technologies.
- Education
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Leads hands-on development of data engineering products and platforms, including data frameworks, ingestion pipelines, and tools, while influencing technical direction across teams.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and support data software products; lead complex projects and troubleshoot cross-capability issues.
- Create technical designs, data models, reusable tools, and standards; drive engineering decisions and measurable product outcomes.
- Mentor engineers and collaborate with product managers, designers, data scientists, analysts, and architects.
What they ask for
- 9+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong background in data engineering.
- Expertise in Java (Spring & Springboot), Scala for Spark streaming & Spark applications, or other JVM based languages.
- 5+ years of expert professional experience with SQL, XML, JSON, YML, very strong Python and Linux.
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field.
Nice to have
- Experience with low-latency NoSQL datastores such as DynamoDB, HBase, Cassandra, or MongoDB.
- Experience building stream-processing applications using Spark Streaming or Flink.
Pay
USD 205,500 - USD 277,500 base salary
Tools
Java, Spring, Springboot, Scala, Spark, Flink, Python, AWS
AI focus
Identify opportunities to enhance applications with AI; work with AI/ML and Generative AI, including growth-focused applications such as personalization, recommendation engines, and predictive modeling. Use GenAI tools such as Cursor or Windsurf to accelerate development and build reusable GenAI platform components.
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