Staff Software Engineer (Front End) - MailChimp DotCom

About the role

Join us as a Staff Software Engineer on the Mailchimp DotCom team and play a key role in owning and evolving Mailchimp.com—the marketing website that serves as the front door for every prospect who discovers Mailchimp through search, direct visits, or AI surfaces. This is your opportunity to take on high-impact technical challenges, lead talented engineers, and shape the systems that power self-serve growth for a global platform.

As a Staff Software Engineer on the DotCom team, you will lead the design and development of a performant, scalable, and reliable web platform that fuels Mailchimp's growth and experimentation engine. The DotCom team is both a Growth & Experimentation team and a Platform & Engineering Excellence team—we own the full prospect journey, from the moment someone discovers Mailchimp to the moment they convert into a paying customer, while building world-class page speed, AI-led experimentation capabilities, and durable platform infrastructure. You'll collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, and marketing partners to deliver systems that directly move the needle on new business revenue for millions of prospects worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall front end, which includes a hosted authoring environment, administrative UIs, and runtime application UI generations.
• Architect and develop software, prototypes, or proofs of concepts (POCs).
• Lead the gathering of functional requirements, developing technical specifications, and project & test planning.
• Act as the technical subject matter expert: mentor fellow engineers, demonstrate technical expertise, and lead a small team solving challenging programming and design problems.
• Generate technical documentation and PowerPoint presentations to communicate architectural and design options, and educate development teams and business users.
• Resolve defects/bugs during QA testing, pre-production, production, and post-release patches.
• Work cross-functionally with various Intuit teams including: product management, QA/QE, various product lines, and/or business units to drive forward results.
• Demonstrate a passion for developing well-architected, elegant, frontend or backend software.
• Experience with Agile Development, SCRUM, or Extreme Programming methodologies.

Qualifications

• 8+ years’ experience designing, developing, maintaining, and innovating enterprise-level, cloud-native applications or platforms, specifically in the front end.
• Strong leadership experience: leading meetings, presenting, technical go-to person, and cross-functional leader.
• BS/MS in computer science or equivalent work experience.
• Strong coding skills with the following: JavaScript/React, Python. Working knowledge of Java/J2EE, Kotlin would be helpful.
• Expertise with the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• 3+ years’ experience with microservices architecture and API designs (REST, GraphQL).
• A passion for operational excellence and DevOps mentality.
• Excellent communication skills: demonstrated ability to explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Expertise in the software design/architecture process.
• Expertise with unit testing & Test-Driven Development (TDD).
• Business acumen—strategic thinking & strategy development.

Pay

Expected base pay range for this position in San Diego: $188,500 - $255,000. Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay-for-performance rewards approach, including cash bonus, equity rewards, and benefits.