Manager 3, Software Engineering - Tax Platform

Company OverviewIntuit is the global financial technology platform that powers prosperity for the people and communities we serve. With approximately 100 million customers worldwide using products such as TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp, we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to prosper. We never stop working to find new, innovative ways to make that possible.Job OverviewIntuit's Tax Platform organization builds the engines, runtime, and APIs that power tax preparation for millions of customers, an ecosystem where reliability, accuracy, and speed are inseparable from trust. We're looking for a Manager 3, Engineering to lead the teams that own our tax engines, tax runtime platforms, and Tax Prep APIs, and to help scale a growing set of Agentic AI Platform capabilities into that same foundation.In this impactful and foundational role, you'll lead a group of managers, engineers, and a combined team of 30+ engineers, setting technical direction and talent strategy across multiple teams and capability areas. You'll operate on a one- to three-year horizon: aligning Product, Design, and Engineering leaders on a shared portfolio vision, driving measurable improvements in reliability, performance, and productivity, and ensuring the platform can absorb the pace of change coming from AI-driven development without compromising the compliance and correctness bar that tax systems demand.You'll be expected to lead as an AI-native leader: partnering with platform teams to drive adoption of Intuit's AI/GenAI paved roads, embedding AI into how your teams build and ship, and contributing improvements back to shared platforms so the rest of the engineering organization benefits from what your teams learn.ResponsibilitiesOwn the multi-year technical vision and roadmap across tax engines, tax runtime platforms, and Tax Prep APIs, aligning architecture decisions to deliver cohesive, scalable systems rather than team-by-team optimizationsPartner with product, AI, and experience leaders across the enterprise to shape the strategy for extending the platform to support Agentic AI capabilitiesCo-own architecture reviews with Principal Engineers and other technical leaders; ensure technical roadmaps connect engineering priorities to company strategy and customer impactManage, coach, and develop a team of engineering managers; build their capability to lead through delegation, not just direct executionBuild and scale leadership and talent systems across the org: hiring plans, succession planning, mentorship, and performance calibration for both managers and senior ICsSet a high-performance bar with disciplined management practices, building a durable leadership pipeline beneath youDefine strategies for growing AI skills across your teams and lead your managers to run AI-native teams effectivelyOwn customer outcomes across the tax engine, runtime, and API portfolio; connect insights across these capabilities to anticipate needs rather than react to themPartner with Product, Design, and Support peers to resolve systemic, cross-team friction points affecting tax prep quality, accuracy, or performanceRepresent the tax platform org in cross-functional and leadership planning, balancing platform investment against product delivery timelinesLead execution across multiple teams and capabilities, translating strategy into scalable delivery systems and resolving cross-team dependenciesOwn operational discipline for tax-critical systems: reliability, on-call health, incident response, and post-incident learning, given the compliance stakes of tax computation and filingPrioritize ruthlessly across teams and capabilities to allocate engineering capacity for maximum customer impactLead practices for coding, testing, resiliency, security, and compliance across complex, multi-capability systemsDrive adoption of Intuit's AI/GenAI paved roads across your teams; embed AI into products, platforms, and development processes to deliver measurable results, and contribute improvements back to shared platformsQualificationsRequired10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years of people leadership, with a track record of managing managers (not only individual contributors)Demonstrated experience leading engineering strategy across multiple teams or capability areas simultaneously, operating on a one- to three-year planning horizonExperience owning technical direction and architecture for complex, distributed systems or platforms at scaleTrack record of building leadership pipelines: hiring, developing, and retaining engineering managers and senior ICs, with real succession outcomesApplied experience partnering with platform teams to drive AI/GenAI adoption and embedding AI into products, platforms, and development processesExperience owning operational excellence (reliability, on-call, incident response) for business-critical, tier-1 systemsStrong track record of cross-functional influence with Product, Design, and Program leadership to resolve systemic, cross-team friction and align deliveryPreferredExperience in the tax domain or another highly regulated/compliance-sensitive industryDirect experience with agentic AI tooling or infrastructure (e.g., MCP-based systems, agentic coding tools, etc.)Experience contributing to shared/internal platforms used broadly across an engineering organization, not just within a single team's scopeContributions to open source, patents, or industry engagement that reflect engineering credibility beyond your immediate orgIntuit 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. The expected base pay range for this position is: San Diego $237,500 - $321,500