Intuit · 1 month ago
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Traffic Platform
San Diego, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$214K/yr - $290K/yr
10+ years expIntuit is a leading financial software company, and they are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to develop and scale their API Gateway platform. This role involves leading the technical direction for API lifecycle management and collaborating with various teams to enhance platform capabilities.
AccountingFinancial ServicesFinTechPaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Lead and influence the technical direction of API lifecycle management, including traffic routing, authentication/authorization, rate limiting, and developer onboarding
Design, develop, and maintain a highly available, scalable, and secure API Gateway platform
Partner with product managers, architects, and other engineering teams to define and deliver platform capabilities
Continuously raise the bar for reliability, performance, observability, and operational excellence
Mentor engineers across the organization and help define engineering best practices
Contribute to and lead open source initiatives aligned with our platform strategy
Stay ahead of emerging technologies and architectural patterns in API and traffic management
Qualification
Required
10+ years of hands-on software development experience
Experience building and scaling API Gateway platforms or reverse proxy solutions (e.g., Envoy, NGINX, Kong, Apigeę, AWS API Gateway)
Deep understanding of Layer 4/7 networking and traffic management concepts (rate limiting, circuit breaking, retries, load balancing)
Strong experience with Kubernetes, service mesh technologies, and microservices architectures
Proficient in Go, Java, or C++, and experience developing high-performance distributed systems
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and infrastructure-as-code practices
Experience with API security standards like QAuth2, mTLS, OpenID Connect, and JWT
Demonstrated success influencing engineering direction and contributing to open source
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across diverse teams
BS/MS in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or equivalent work experience
Benefits
Cash bonus
Equity rewards
Benefits
Company
Intuit
Intuit provides financial software solutions to empower individuals and businesses.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.52BKey Investors
JP Morgan Chase
2025-01-31Post Ipo Debt· $4.5B
2023-09-12Post Ipo Debt· $4B
2011-01-19Post Ipo Equity· $6.7M
Leadership Team
Sasan Goodarzi
Chief Executive Officer
Alex Balazs
Chief Technology Officer
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