Principal Software Engineer, AWS

Position Overview

Autodesk is looking for an experienced Principal AWS Developer to join our dynamic team. As a AWS Developer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, coding, testing, and implementing AWS solutions that align with our business needs. You will collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure the AWS platform effectively supports our operations and business processes. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in AWS, CI/CD pipelines, and Git Administration and will play a crucial role in automating and optimizing our development and deployment processes. If you are passionate about ensuring the reliability and scalability of our infrastructure while promoting a culture of collaboration and innovation, we want to hear from you. Autodesk offers a hybrid work experience.

You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager and will work from San Francisco location.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on experience with AWS (or another cloud provider's) technologies, such as SQS, S3, DynamoDB, IAM, and Lambda etc

• Experience building scalable systems and services in the cloud, including calling other REST services from within a REST service

• Hands-on experience in Java, Node.js, Python development along with strong problem-solving skills.

• Develop backend services in AWS using any programing language, preferably Python

• Develop Integration applications/micro services

• Develop API proxies using Apigee/aws API gateways

• Contribute as a strong technical lead, who can guide the team through the solutions after reviewing with the Solution Architect

• Drive and improve performance, scalability and security of applications

• Actively participate in code reviews of own code and that of peers

• Write test and debug programs and create Technical documentation

• Work in fast paced development using agile methodologies

• Adhere to Autodesk internal quality standards.

• Experience in building, running and monitoring SaaS applications at large scale

• Experience with multi-repo GIT code bases, REST-based web services, testing frameworks such as Blazemeter, shell scripts, automated CI/CD pipelines

• Creating and enforcing engineering standards and practices, ensuring that team adheres to high-quality development principles

• Architect, design, and implement high-quality, clean, and efficient code following best practices and development guidelines

• Promoting a culture of metrics-based analysis and decision-making within the team

• Ensure delivery of high-quality solutions by actively participating in quality assurance efforts

• Working closely with stakeholders and product teams, requiring excellent collaborative skills and the ability to coordinate efforts across globally distributed teams

• Troubleshoot and resolve complicated technical issues, providing guidance and solutions to the team

• Proactively and continuously evaluate and address issues related to performance, stability, scalability, and extensibility of the systems

• Research, prototype, and implement new ideas, technologies, and patterns to solve complex technical challenges

• Deliver results that meet product user stories with a high level of quality and customer satisfaction

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of features

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

• Strong Hands-on experience with AWS with services such as SQS, S3, DynamoDB, IAM, Lambda, ELB’s, AWS RDS, Dynamo DB, AWS API Gateway etc

• Experience designing and building RESTful APIs using Microservices architecture

• Must be proficient in at least one Programming Languages like Python, Java, JRuby, APEX etc.

• Working on Integration with CRM applications will be desired

• Exposure in any Integration Tools like TIBCO, Apigee, ETL, MuleSoft etc is desired

• Demonstrated technical leadership experience such as being an architect or tech lead for high impact projects, comfortable defining technical solution

• Excellent interpersonal communication skills

• An innovative and collaborative approach with a commitment to engaging with engineers

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience deciding when to use architectural, integration and software design patterns

• A team-player, self-motivated, autonomous, empathetic with a result-focused passion to deliver an overall solution

• Experience in mentoring peer engineers.

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 – our Culture Code is at the core of everything we do. Our values and ways of working help our people thrive and realize their potential, which leads to even better outcomes for our customers.

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

Benefits

From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

Diversity & Belonging

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

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