Intuit Inc

Staff Software Engineer - Observability

Intuit Inc$150K — $180K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8-10+ years of software engineering experience, especially with large-scale distributed systems
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • Deep hands-on knowledge of Splunk architecture and operations
  • Strong experience managing Splunk as an enterprise platform
  • Proven success in leading cost-optimization for multi-petabyte infrastructures
  • Experience in public cloud environments, particularly AWS, along with on-premise systems
  • Strong programming skills in Java, Go, Python, or similar languages

Responsibilities

  • Architect and develop the O11y logging pipeline and associated components
  • Own and enhance the end-to-end Splunk platform architecture and performance
  • Drive initiatives for ingest-time cost optimization strategies
  • Lead modernization efforts for legacy pipeline tools to enhance reliability
  • Set governance standards for Knowledge Object creation using CI/CD principles
  • Collaborate with teams to troubleshoot high-severity logging platform incidents
  • Provide mentorship and leadership in architectural direction within the engineering team
  • Research and integrate new technologies to advance platform capabilities

Benefits

  • Comprehensive compensation package with performance-related rewards
  • Eligibility for cash bonuses and equity options
  • Regular fairness assessments across ethnicity and gender in pay practices
  • Innovative company culture fostering employee growth and development
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and tools for job performance
Full Job Description
Interested in creating and leading the platforms that are high scale and mission critical? Want to solve large scale and highly availability platform challenges for on premise and public cloud deployments? Intuit is seeking Staff Software Engineer, who is characterized by progressive technical experience and has demonstrated progression in technical prowess, to join PDX Observability Engineering team.

The Staff Software Engineer will join the Core PDX Observability Engineering team at Intuit to design and deliver the next-generation logging and observability platform. This role focuses on creating and leading high-scale, mission-critical pipelines and solving large-scale, high-availability challenges across on-premise and public cloud (AWS, GCP) deployments. You will own the architecture and evolution of Intuit's One Logging system & Splunk Platform , spanning ingestion, routing, cost optimization, and MCP Server-driven automation, building platform capabilities that maximize velocity for thousands of Intuit developers.

Responsibilities
  • Architect, design, and lead development of the O11y logging pipeline, including MCP Server, One Intuit Logging system, S3/Kinesis/CW Log Writers, Log Router, Fluent Bit DaemonSet, and OIL sidecar components
  • Own end-to-end Splunk platform architecture , indexer/search-head scaling, cluster topology (SBG, IP), ingestion architecture, and search performance at high-availability, high-scale (multi-PB/day) levels
  • Drive ingest-time cost optimization: field reduction, log-level filtering, sampling/aggregation, and routing of low-value data to cost-efficient storage (S3 + Federated Search)
  • Lead automation revamp/rewrite initiatives to modernize legacy pipeline tooling, reduce manual operational overhead, and improve deployment reliability
  • Define and enforce platform governance and guardrails for Knowledge Object creation (Splunk saved searches, dashboards) via Git-based CI/CD pipelines
  • Partner with SRE, platform, and BU teams to diagnose and resolve high-severity incidents related to logging pipeline and Splunk platform health
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship across the O11y engineering team; set architectural direction and coding/design standards
  • Collaborate with leadership to translate cost-optimization and reliability roadmaps into engineering execution plans
  • Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies (e.g., GCP Logs Processor) to extend platform capabilities beyond Splunk


Qualifications
  • 8-10+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems/platforms
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree (BE/BTech/MS/MTech) in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
  • Deep, architect-level knowledge and hands-on experience with Splunk (indexing, search architecture, clustering, KO management, REST/API integrations)
  • Strong experience building and operating splunk enterprise platform.
  • Proven track record leading platform cost-optimization initiatives at multi-petabyte/multi-million-dollar infrastructure scale
  • Experience with public cloud (AWS preferred) and on-premise hybrid deployments
  • Strong systems programming background (Java, Go, Python, or similar) and infrastructure-as-code / CI/CD practices
  • Experience driving automation and legacy system modernization efforts
  • Excellent cross-functional communication and technical leadership skills; ability to influence without direct authority
  • Prior experience in observability, SRE, or platform engineering roles strongly preferred

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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 ). 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. The expected base pay range for this position is:

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