Staff Software Engineer

OverviewIntuit’s PDX group is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to develop the Service Mesh for the Intuit Kubernetes Service. Intuit’s Service Mesh is built on the open source Istio project and, with Intuit’s Kubernetes Service, enables service-to-service communication for hundreds of services. The Service Mesh team is reinventing service-to-service communication at scale and contributing back into open source. We are looking for team members who love new challenges, cracking tough problems, and working cross-functionally. If you are looking to join a fast-paced, innovative, and fun team and have a passion to continuously raise the operational excellence bar of the platforms, we encourage you to apply.What you/'ll bring5+ years of hands-on software development experienceExperience developing scalable consumer-facing SaaS software using modern technologies including Istio, Go, Kubernetes, RESTful web servicesExperience with leveraging, contributing to and leading open source community projectsStrategic and analytical thinker who is hypothesis-driven and uses data, judgment, and pattern recognition for learning and moving quicklyExcellent communication and presentation skills: demonstrated ability to explain complex issues to both technical and non-technical audiencesBS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent work-related experienceHow you will leadDeveloping, maintaining, and innovating large-scale, developer-facing platformsContinuously raising the operational excellence bar of Service Mesh and related platformsFamiliar with security best practicesFamiliar with the development challenges inherent with adoption of API Gateway or Service Mesh platforms in large-scale organizationsGood understanding of networking fundamentalsExperience with network proxies like nginx, Envoy, or Rust-based proxiesGood understanding of L4/L7 load balancersExperience working with Kubernetes/DockerExperience building platforms for microservices ecosystemsExperience with networking in KubernetesExperience working with Istio or any Service MeshExperience working with Envoy and Envoy WASM filtersExperience maintaining or contributing to open source projectsAlways Be Learning: Experience with open source technologies and prototyping or researching emerging technologiesCompensation and BenefitsIntuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay-for-performance approach. The expected base pay range for this position is: Southern California $184,500-$250,000. This position may be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with applicable plans and programs. Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender to promote fair pay.Seniority levelMid-Senior levelEmployment typeFull-timeJob functionEngineering and Information TechnologyIndustriesSoftware Development #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-09-25