Principal Software Engineer

Position Overview

At Autodesk, we are reinventing how everything you see or touch is imagined, designed and created. In AEC, we are reinventing how every building, bridge, hospital, campus and stadium is built. Our web and mobile applications bring 3D collaboration solutions to the construction industry. They bring real-time predictive insights and analytics to our customers, helping them better plan, execute and mitigate risk building their multi-million dollar projects. We do this by building, implementing and applying machine learning, data science and real-time data engineering to the Big Data generated by the Autodesk ecosystem. Not only do we help push the boundaries of technology at Autodesk, we do it in style and fun. Intrigued? Come join us and push code to customers on your first day.

Responsibilities

• Build complex, scalable web services and infrastructure that supports them
• Develop new features, with tests, that can support our growing user base
• Evaluate current software architecture and implement enhancements as required
• Help evolve and maintain existing code bases, with attention for high-quality coding standards and best practices
• Build and scale automated testing infrastructure to support Quality Assurance
• Cross-team collaboration and coordination to ensure reliable, secure, available and scalable releases
• Mentor other engineers, engage in team discussions, and review code

Minimum Qualifications

• Curiosity about how things work
• Self-motivated, autonomous, empathetic and great communication skills
• Ability to participate in technical architecture discussions and drive technical decisions
• Ability and desire to jump in to fix things and to make things better
• Experience writing production code in one of the modern programming languages
• Experience with building web APIs (RESTful, json:api)
• Experience with data architecture and data modeling
• Experience with AWS RDS, PostgreSQL, MySQL and NoSQL databases

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with JavaScript and NodeJS ecosystem
• Experience with Express, or similar web servers
• Experience with queueing/messaging systems, or background job processors
• Experience scaling and optimizing schemas, performance tuning SQL and data pipelines
• Experience with Docker and Docker Compose
• Experience with AWS, Jenkins and CI/CD practices
• Experience with Terraform

Learn More

About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Diversity & Belonging

We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging

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