Staff Software Engineer, Tax Product Development

Job Summary:

The Staff Software Engineer provides technical leadership and hands-on software development for BDO Tax products and platforms, including AI-enabled solutions supporting Partnership, Direct Tax (Business Tax), Indirect Tax, and Dynamics/ERP integrations. This role designs, builds, and maintains scalable services and user experiences, establishes engineering standards, and drives delivery excellence through Agile and Lean practices. Responsibilities include solution architecture, secure coding, code reviews, CI/CD enablement, staffing, and operational readiness through observability and automation. The position partners with product, design, QA, and DevOps to define technical roadmaps, reduce cycle time, and improve reliability. The role supports responsible AI-enabled software development, including LLM-based capabilities and agent workflows, with governance-aligned evaluation, safety considerations, and data protection controls.

Job Duties:

* Leads the design and implementation of software features and platform capabilities for BDO Tax products, including integration patterns for Dynamics/ERP/3rd party tax and accounting systems
* Provides technical direction on architecture, code structure, scalability, and reliability for services, APIs, and user-facing applications
* Develops and maintains backend services and REST APIs using modern engineering practices, including versioning, backward compatibility, and resilience patterns
* Develops and maintains UI components and workflows aligned to product requirements and accessibility standards
* Builds AI-enabled product capabilities using approved platforms and patterns, including LLM-based features and agent workflows, while adhering to responsible AI standards and governance controls
* Establishes and enforces engineering standards through code reviews, design reviews, and reference implementations
* Embeds themselves within agile teams to refine requirements, define technical approaches, estimate work, and deliver incrementally using Lean principles
* Improves developer productivity by creating reusable libraries, templates, and internal tooling
* Implements automated testing practices, including unit, integration, and end-to-end tests, and partner with QA to ensure comprehensive coverage
* Builds and maintains CI/CD pipelines and release automation with quality gates, security scanning, and environment promotion controls
* Implements observability standards including structured logging, metrics, tracing, and actionable alerting for production support
* Performs performance and reliability engineering activities including profiling, capacity planning inputs, and incident root cause analysis
* Other duties as required

Supervisory Responsibilities:
* Mentors engineers through pairing, technical coaching, and feedback on design and implementation quality
* Acts as a direct supervisor to team members, as assigned
* Acts as a Career Advisor to team members, as assigned

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Education:
* High school diploma, GED, or equivalent, required
* Bachelor's degree, with a focus in Computer Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM), Finance, or Accounting, preferred

Experience:
* Ten (10) or more years of progressive software engineering experience delivering enterprise software products, required
* Five (5) or more years of building and maintaining production-grade services and APIs using C#/.NET or Java, required
* Three (3) or more years of providing technical leadership through design reviews, code reviews, and engineering standards, preferred
* Three (3) or more years of delivering solutions using Agile delivery methods with applied Lean principles and continuous improvement practices, preferred
* Three (3) or more years of building CI/CD pipelines and release automation supporting frequent deployments, preferred
* Two (2) or more years of developing AI-enabled software solutions using LLMs and agentic workflows, including evaluation methods and governance-aligned safety controls, preferred
* Experience integrating with enterprise platforms and business systems, including Dynamics/ERP integrations. preferred
* Experience delivering tax domain platforms supporting Partnership, Direct Tax (Business Tax), or Indirect Tax, preferred

License/Certifications:
* Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate or AZ-900, preferred
* Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate, preferred
* Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM I), preferred

Software:
* Experience with one (1) or more of the following products, preferred:
* Microsoft Office Suite
* Microsoft Azure DevOps or GitHub
* Microsoft SQL Server and/or Azure SQL DB
* Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, preferred
* Extensive knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS GCP), AI platforms like OpenAI, Anthropic, DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and database technologies (SQL, NoSQL), preferred
* Expertise in multiple programming languages (e.g., C#, .NET, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python) and frameworks, preferred

Language:
* N/A

Other Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
* Ability to work well in hybrid and remote environments
* Solid verbal and written communication skills
* Strong interpersonal skills, including training/instruction with professionals at all levels
* Sound decision-making skills
* Ability to lead and manage a team
* Ability to complete projects independently
* Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on delivering practical and innovative solutions
* Strong ability to translate business outcomes into technical designs, delivery plans, and measurable engineering goals
* Strong knowledge of secure software development practices, including threat modeling and vulnerability remediation
* Strong understanding of Agile engineering practices, including trunk-based development, CI, and iterative delivery

Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.

National Range: $200,000 -$285,000
Maryland Range: $200,000 -$285,000
NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $200,000 -$285,000