Principal Software Engineer

Position Overview 

Do you want the opportunity to be part of a startup environment and have a big impact on a new product seeking to become a world leading integration platform? Are you looking to be at the forefront of innovative new technology that will ultimately help people imagine, design, and make a better world? If so, come join the Tandem Connect team at Autodesk! Working with the Tandem team, our mission is to create integration technology and solutions that will transform how buildings are designed, built, and operated.  We are seeking a creative Software Engineer who has experience building modern cloud services to join our team today. 

Responsibilities 

• Involved with all aspects of software development, such as design, implementation, and maintenance, working to create and maintain the most reliable, secure, performant and high throughput service for our customers by building cutting-edge cloud and edge technologies. 

• Partner closely with product managers, product owners, software architects and other stakeholders to iteratively turn high-level requirements into product enhancements that are delivered to customers incrementally and continually. 

• Drive performant, scalable and forward-thinking solutions to completion on time. 

• Contribute to software design and architecture by leveraging design patterns and injecting your expertise into the entire development lifecycle, writing and maintaining documentation where necessary. 

• Contribute to improvements in processes and technical methodologies that increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the team in responding to customer and business needs. 

• Provide technical guidance and constructive feedback to leadership, team members and other stakeholders, which includes writing, reading, and reviewing code and designs, and participating in the various technical feedback loops happening within the organization. 

• Contribute to technical product roadmaps, working with stakeholders to scope work. 

• On Call support as part of a rostered escalation process. 

 Minimum Qualifications 

• BS or MS in computer science, related technology field, or equivalent experience 

• You have 10 years of hands-on experience with running containerised applications and high traffic customer-facing enterprise solutions

• At least 10 years experience of working in a product team in both startup and larger corporate environments; being deeply involved in the design, development, operations, and support of the said team’s products

• At least 5 years experience working with the Node.js Seneca microservices framework, with RabbitMQ at the transport layer 

• At least 5 years experience developing, testing and releasing Kubernetes based applications 

• Experienced in creating internal team libraries and development kits that reduce maintenance and development efforts

• Extensive experience in maintaining and modernizing legacy codebases

• Able to deliver containerized code images by creating production-ready Dockerfiles and Kubernetes deployment manifests

• Experience in application of the Microsoft STRIDE framework within threat modelling, identifying security flaws in API and software product designs, and devising solutions to address them

• Deep understanding of source code management of Git-based repos, branching strategies, SDLC as well as an ability to concurrently manage over fifty (50) repositories

• Familiarity with MongoDB, database design and optimisation, and able to write MongoDB data migration scripts with minimal impact 

• Working experience with Redis and Vault 

• Experience debugging NodeJS software performance issues including the application of profiling tools 

• Awareness of edge-to-cloud software communication protocols 

• Expertise in JavaScript in Node.js and web browser environment

• In-depth understanding of the entire software development lifecycle. 

• REST API design and development experience and an understanding of the API consumer’s perspective 

• RabbitMQ API design and development experience and an understanding of the API consumer’s perspective

• Familiarity with DevOps and DevSecOps

• Strong written and oral communication skills in English 

• Ability to operate effectively and independently in a dynamic, fluid environment

• Experience with CI/CD and building deployment pipelines using tools like Jenkins 

• Detail-oriented approach to building secure, stable, software

• Experience with Agile development practices such as Scrum or Kanban 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) experience

• Experience in running Kubernetes-based workloads that scale 

• Experience with integration-Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS) offerings

• Web development experience with Angular or similar frameworks

• Familiarity with implementation of OAuth 2.0 identification flows supporting a federated identity framework

Ideal candidate

• You are a multi-talented, modern software developer. You have expertise in integration, containerised microservices and APIs. Code, design patterns, tools and best practices are your daily business

• You are a fast learner and keen to work with latest tools and technologies available. You are a perpetual learner and often find yourself ideating about new and improved ways of doing things and are confident to share your ideas with the rest of the engineering team  

• Mentoring and coaching of junior developers, helping to build capacity within the team 

• You get work done together. As a team player and effective communicator, you easily build collaborative relationships with technical and non-technical colleagues. You enjoy working with distributed team members, and recognize the value of putting in work that accelerates the team’s velocity and coherence  

• You have a strong desire and ability to deliver results. You are able to succeed and consistently reach the highest standards in a dynamic, agile environment with changing priorities. You are able to work independently and manage multiple tasks with direction or feedback from stakeholders and team members.

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