Principal Engineer (Node.JS & React.JS)

Position Overview
 

Are you excited about solving technical challenges associated with building a scalable, highly available, and high-performance platform used by millions of users worldwide? Join us at Autodesk.
The Growth Experience Technology (GET) organization at Autodesk is seeking a dedicated and experienced Senior Principal Software Engineer to join a diverse team of intelligent, driven engineers who are responsible for developing innovative customer success offerings.

This engineer will work collaboratively within a high-performing Scrum team in which the code, infrastructure, and services they develop will have a direct and positive impact on millions of users. This work plays a critical role in our organizational transformation and customer experience initiatives.

Responsibilities
 

• Lead the design and implementation of highly available, scalable, distributed systems and microservices in a production environment

• Lead the development of scalable and responsive front-end applications

• Collaborate with architects and technical product managers to translate system architecture and product requirements into well-designed software components

• Take ownership of software component implementation, with strong emphasis on code quality, test-driven development, and industry-standard engineering practices

• Participate in software design reviews, conduct peer code reviews, and offer constructive feedback to development team members

• Write unit, functional, and regression tests for all developed code, and contribute to test automation, continuous integration, and deployment pipelines

• Collaborate as a member of an Agile team to deliver best-in-class software solutions

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineering colleagues

• Demonstrate excellent technical problem-solving skills and the ability to quickly learn new technologies and methodologies

• Exhibit low tolerance for inefficiency and a strong commitment to automation wherever feasible

• Maintain a creative, collaborative, and product-oriented mindset

• Demonstrate a genuine passion for creating simple, robust, and scalable platforms that enable other engineering teams

Minimum Qualifications
 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a closely related technical discipline

• At least 10 years of experience in software engineering

• Broad knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS), server-side programming, databases, and cloud-based architectures

• Experience in the development and deployment of system features and in designing and maintaining QA automation frameworks

• Proficiency with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker) and continuous delivery (CD) frameworks

• Experience designing and developing microservices and RESTful web services

• Demonstrated ability to build performant middleware components

• Strong debugging, testing, and problem-solving abilities

• Self-motivated with a quick learning curve and an ability to work independently

• Team-oriented with excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Technology stack: Node.js, AWS, React.js, Jenkins, GitHub, and Artifactory

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