Senior Principal Software Engineer (Backend/Full Stack)

This is a unique opportunity to influence technical direction, solve complex software engineering challenges, and mentor engineers while remaining hands-on with design and development.

Join us in building software for people who design and make the world around us. From advanced manufacturing, sustainable buildings and resilient infrastructure to media experiences, Autodesk empowers innovators to solve complex challenges through technology.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end delivery of major web application initiatives, from technical strategy and system design through implementation and operational excellence.
• Design and build scalable, resilient, and secure cloud-native services that support high-volume production workloads – with a focus on backend services while contributing to frontend development when needed.
• Partner with Autodesk Architects and Engineering Leaders to define and drive the technical vision and architecture for critical platform services.
• Contribute hands-on to software development across full-stack technologies with a focus on Go/C++ backends and React frontends (flexibly adapting to other technologies where appropriate)
• Establish engineering standards, architectural patterns, and best practices that improve platform quality, reliability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Architecture, and Engineering leaders to align technical investments with business objectives.
• Guide teams through complex technical challenges, balancing long-term architecture with near-term delivery goals.
• Lead design reviews, provide technical mentorship, and elevate engineering excellence across multiple teams.
• Participate in code reviews, troubleshooting, and performance optimization
• Champion operational excellence through observability, automation, reliability engineering, and continuous improvement practices.
• Participate in Agile planning and execution activities while helping teams continuously improve delivery practices.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline.
• 12+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale commercial software systems.
• Strong experience designing distributed systems, microservices, cloud-native web applications and APIs
• Proven experience leading the architecture and delivery of complex software platform initiatives spanning multiple teams
• Deep expertise in software engineering, with strong proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as Go (Golang), C++, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, C#, Python, Java or similar (experience with Go and C++ is particularly valued)
• Experience with any modern cloud platform such as AWS (preferred) or Azure.
• Strong understanding of data architecture and database technologies.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and modern software delivery practices.
• Strong understanding of system design, scalability, reliability, security, and performance optimization.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with industrial and manufacturing domains (design, simulation, digital twin, operations), Smart Factory/Industry 4.0 solutions, Industrial IoT (IIoT), facility operations, asset management, AEC etc.
• Experience with WebGL, 3D visualization technologies and micro-frontends.
• Experience building multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, containerized workloads, and cloud observability practices.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.

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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 – 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!

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