Consumer and business tax preparation software for federal and state returns
TaxAct builds DIY tax preparation software for individuals and businesses, running on an AWS-centric stack (ECS, Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB) with C#, Python and TypeScript. Vector stores like Pinecone, FAISS and Chroma point to active AI retrieval work, while senior-only hiring across data, engineering, product and security centers on Contentful-driven web content and cross-cloud data loss prevention.
TaxAct offers tax preparation software covering personal taxes, business taxes, state returns and professional tax filing. The product guides users toward credits and deductions to maximize refunds. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, operates in the 51–200 employee range, and is listed as a public company. Its web presence and content are managed through Contentful and WordPress, with infrastructure spanning AWS, Azure and GCP.
TaxAct uses AWS (ECS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, RDS, DynamoDB), C#, Python, TypeScript, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Terraform, Kubernetes, Datadog, Contentful and vector databases including Pinecone, FAISS and Chroma.
Yes. Hiring is accelerating, focused on senior roles across data, engineering, product and security, all based in the United States.
TaxAct's security stack includes CrowdStrike, Microsoft Sentinel and Azure Monitor, and it is working to integrate Microsoft Purview with Azure and AWS for data loss prevention.
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