Software Engineer-Backend

Position overview

Autodesk is seeking a motivated and curious Software Engineer to join our Developer Tooling team. This team builds internal tools that improve API publishing workflows and automate documentation delivery.

As a Software Engineer, you will contribute to backend services built for internal tools that empower other product teams, learning from experienced peers while developing high-quality, maintainable code. You’ll work closely with senior engineers and technical leads to design, implement, and support tooling used across the company, gaining exposure to scalable cloud infrastructure and modern development practices.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of internal developer tooling, including APIs, API documentation pipelines and other backend services
• Collaborate with engineers and cross-functional teams to implement new features and resolve technical issues
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code using Java and to some extent JavaScript / Typescript
• Participate in code reviews and incorporate feedback to improve code quality
• Support CI/CD processes and infrastructure using tools like Jenkins and Spinnaker
• Assist in monitoring and maintaining production services under the guidance of senior engineers
• Continuously learn and apply best practices in cloud development, testing, and software design

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field
• 2 to 4 years of professional software engineering experience
• Experience writing backend code in Java with SpringBoot (alternatively experience in building APIs with Python or NodeJS or Golang with respective backend framework)
• Familiarity with public cloud platforms, ideally AWS (e.g., Lambda, DynamoDB, ECS)
• Understanding of RESTful APIs and modern service development
• Exposure to CI/CD practices and tools such as Jenkins or Spinnaker
• Willingness to learn and grow in a collaborative engineering environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Good exposure to API development life cycle, understanding of what a great API looks like
• Familiarity with API documentation standards like OpenAPI/Swagger
• Exposure to Java or Maven-based projects
• Basic understanding of observability tools such as Splunk or Dynatrace
• Experience contributing to developer tools is a plus