About the position
Taxwell helps everyday Americans get every tax advantage they deserve by finding credits and deductions they never even knew existed. Our tax preparation software offers easy guidance and ensures your maximum tax refund. We strive to build a team of like-minded experts in both tax and technology who align with our brand purpose, are advocates for our customers and have a fresh, non-traditional approach to the tax industry. Taxwell is a leading digital tax filing platform formed in 2022 from the combination of Drake Software® and TaxAct®. These two longstanding organizations offer customers professional and do-it-yourself digital and downloadable products that are easy-to-use, best-in-class technology, and provide unparalleled customer support. Taxwell brands are a trusted solution for all users including those with complex tax returns. We strive to attract and retain candidates who exemplify our values: performance, perseverance, progress and partnership. Taxwell is an organization of forward thinkers looking to add industry experts to our growing team. We’re looking for a Software Engineer II to join our Federal Tax Filing team and help improve critical parts of the tax filing experience. This is where customers spend the bulk of their time preparing and submitting returns—so clarity, performance, and trust are essential. This role is ideal for engineers who’ve mastered the fundamentals and are ready to grow into broader ownership. You’ll work on moderately complex features, fix tricky bugs, refactor mature systems, and contribute to design and delivery conversations. We’ll look to you to take on clearly scoped problems and drive them to completion with increasing independence. You’ll work primarily in Angular and C++ though there are also opportunities to collaborate across our broader stack, which includes .NET, Vue, and cloud services. We value engineers who think critically, ask good questions, and take pride in building high-quality software. AI-assisted development is a growing part of our workflow, and you’ll be expected to use tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or similar to increase velocity while maintaining high standards.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and test frontend and backend features across our tax filing systems
- Debug and resolve issues in C++ applications, improving performance and reliability
- Refactor code to enhance clarity, maintainability, and testability—across both newer and long-standing parts of the codebase
- Participate in design and code reviews, offering and receiving constructive feedback
- Collaborate with product, design, and QA to scope and deliver reliable features on time
- Write testable, production-quality code—leveraging AI tools when appropriate to accelerate development, explore options, or improve documentation
- Contribute to maintainability not just in your own work, but in how the system fits together overall
- Begin mentoring early-career engineers or interns through pairing, reviews, and sharing context
- Build deep understanding of the tax filing domain, system architecture, and codebase in order to contribute thoughtfully, challenge assumptions, propose improvements, and grow your design instincts over time
Requirements
- 3–5 years of professional experience as a software engineer
- Strong proficiency in C++ (including C++ 11) and/or C#/.NET
- Experience with Angular (preferred) or Vue (helpful)
- Familiarity with Microsoft development tools and workflows (Visual Studio, SQL Server, TFS/Azure DevOps)
- Experience building, debugging, and maintaining real-world production systems
- Comfortable breaking down tasks, managing your time, and working independently with support
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or similar), and a willingness to grow that skill as part of your toolkit
- A proactive mindset—you seek out context, ask the right questions, and look for opportunities to improve not just your own work, but how the team builds and maintains the system as a whole
- Curiosity about how systems fit together—you’re eager to learn from design reviews, evaluate tradeoffs, and understand why things work the way they do
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with AWS (preferred), or other cloud platforms such as Azure or GCP
- Experience working in Agile or Scrum-based teams
- Experience in highly regulated domains (e.g., tax, fintech, healthcare)
Benefits
- Supportive, open, and inclusive atmosphere
- Opportunities for hands-on mentorship
- Growth opportunities that stretch you technically and professionally
