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Position Overview
Are you excited about solving complex technical challenges and building scalable, highly available services to support millions of users worldwide? Join us at Autodesk!
Autodesk’s Buy Experience team is looking for a talented Principal Software Engineer to help shape the future of our Commerce platform. As part of this high-visibility initiative, you will build and deliver innovative solutions for prospects, customers, and partners. You will play a key role in driving our growth from $5B to $10B+ by improving funnel conversion, enabling hypothesis-driven experimentation, enhancing productivity and automation, and delivering insights and experiences that increase revenue.
Responsibilities
Develop high-quality, secure, and reliable code following best practices, including unit testing, coding guidelines, and security standards
Design, implement, test, debug, and document new and existing components to meet business, quality, and operational requirements
Build and optimize scalable, distributed systems, microservices to support Autodesk’s global Consumption platform
Participate in code and document reviews to ensure best practices and maintain high code quality
Follow Agile principles, participate in Scrum ceremonies, and collaborate with peer engineers to estimate, plan, and deliver sprint goals
Troubleshoot and resolve code-level issues quickly and efficiently
Lead the architecture and design of secure, scalable, and maintainable software solutions
Contribute to technical roadmap and technical debt elimination, balancing time, resource, and quality constraints to achieve business and strategic goals and requirements
Support production deployments, operations, and ongoing maintenance as part of end-to-end platform ownership
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 3+ years at a Staff/Principal (or equivalent) level owning mission-critical distributed systems
Proven track record of solving complex technical + business problems at scale (> 5K TPS, global traffic, multi-region fail-over)
Mastery of system-design fundamentals—partitioning, consistency models, caching strategies, observability, security
Ability to influence architecturally across multiple teams and time zones; excellent written & verbal communication (you turn RFCs into executive-friendly one-pagers)
Experience driving production excellence—SLIs/SLOs, chaos testing, cost governance
Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, Node.js, and Go
Strong Experience with AWS services such as Lambda, Fargate, SQS, DynamoDB, Aurora and other cloud technologies
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to learn new technologies quickly
Preferred Qualifications
Consumption-based revenue model, payments or fintech background
Open-source contributions, tech talks, or patents that showcase deep domain expertise
Experience with AI programming or Agentic programming
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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!
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, we also have a significant emphasis on discretionary annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock or long-term incentive cash grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.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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Autodesk is changing how the world is designed and made. Our technology spans architecture, engineering, construction, product design, manufacturing, media, and entertainment, empowering innovators everywhere to solve challenges big and small. From greener buildings to smarter products to more mesmerizing blockbusters, Autodesk software helps our customers to design and make a better world for all. Over 100 million people use Autodesk software like AutoCAD, Revit, Maya, 3ds Max, Fusion 360, SketchBook, and more to unlock their creativity and solve important design, business and environmental challenges. Our software runs on both personal computers and mobile devices and taps the infinite computing power of the cloud to help teams around the world collaborate, design, simulate and fabricate their ideas in 3D. We provide exceptional compensation/benefit packages and we’d love for you to join us. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability, veteran status or other protected category. To see our culture in action, check out #AutodeskLife. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and have more than 10,000 employees worldwide.
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