Principal Cloud Backend Engineer - AWS Microservices

Autodesk; Canada; On-site; CAD 131,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk is seeking a Senior Software Developer or Principal Software Developer to join the AEC DataValidation team in Canada. You will help build cloud-based collaboration capabilities across Autodesk design tools and deliver scalable backend services.

Responsibilities include hands-on coding, mentoring, ensuring security and performance, and participating in on-call rotations to support production systems.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software development experience building enterprise cloud services.
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Experience building cloud services using Java for backend and TypeScript/React for front end.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture, serverless, microservices, infrastructure as code, GitOps and AWS best practices.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services including ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, RDS, SQS, and SNS; event-driven architecture a plus.
• Understanding of security principles, authentication, and authorization mechanisms.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, data modeling, ORM, and caching.
• Experience designing distributed systems and RESTful APIs; CI/CD pipelines like Jenkins or GitHub Actions.

Responsibilities

• Day to day hands-on coding to deliver scalable backend services and infrastructure.
• Mentor and support developers, fostering continuous learning and improvement.
• Develop and maintain reliable, secure, high-performance cloud services.
• Maintain high code quality through automated deployments, unit and integration testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Document and present technical solutions clearly and thoroughly.
• Achieve on-time delivery of team commitments.
• Participate in on-call rotations for production systems.

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience

Tools

Java backend

Typescript/React

AWS services

Serverless

Microservices

IaC / GitOps

CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)

RESTful APIs

Relational & NoSQL DBs

Job description

Autodesk is seeking a Senior Software Developer or Principal Software Developer to join the AEC DataValidation team in Canada. You will help build cloud-based collaboration capabilities across Autodesk design tools and deliver scalable backend services.

Responsibilities include hands-on coding, mentoring, ensuring security and performance, and participating in on-call rotations to support production systems.