Principal Cloud Platform Engineer

Autodesk, Inc.

Toronto

Hybrid

CAD 130,000 - 170,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Autodesk is seeking a Principal Software Developer to join the Platform Services Data Models Team in a hybrid role based in Montreal or Toronto. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams, own end-to-end cloud data platform components, and drive engineering practices across initiatives critical to product experiences.

The role emphasizes scalable design, incident leadership, and collaboration with product and cross-functional partners.

Qualifications

Graduate or Postgraduate in Computer Science Engineering or related technical fields.
8+ years of software design, development, and/or consulting experience in cloud systems or web services, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
Lead position on a successful delivery of a commercial cloud product.
Proven capability to lead incident response, drive root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to lead technical discussions and present complex ideas to diverse audiences.
Good understanding of business drivers and ability to articulate them clearly.
Proven ability to mentor and develop technical talent within the organization.
Excellent hands-on Java programming skills and exposure to Spring Boot.
Experience with SDLC processes, tools, and Agile methodologies.
Hands-on Experience with AWS or other cloud providers.
Experience with API development experience (REST, GraphQL, gRPC).
Additional programming skills like Go or TypeScript.
High expertise in object-oriented design patterns.
Experience with CI/CD concepts and working with a deployment pipeline such as Jenkins.
Experience with Databases and database design principles at cloud scale.
Experience with building scalable systems and services in the cloud.

Responsibilities

Lead team-level outcomes and high-stakes initiatives.
Independently lead and contribute to key business outcomes of the team.
Lead one or more critical business goals.
Understand how the team work connects to the business goals.
Demonstrate impact and influence across teams outside of the direct organisation.
Exhibit steadfast leadership and make substantial contributions to large-scale projects that frequently entail collaboration among multiple engineers and cross-functional teams.
Excel at offering guidance and removing obstacles for both your team and broader colleagues.
Lead projects with unclear milestones by clarifying requirements, planning and executing the scope, monitoring quality and team performance to meet milestones on time.
Confidently lead or participate in transformative initiatives within Autodesk Platform Services.
Own platform capabilities from Engineering Practices, Solutions, Quality, Deployment to Support.
Drive improvements to Engineering Practices and Quality while acting as a multiplier for the team.
Lead technical discussions across the organisation driving results and business outcomes.
Demonstrate leadership in incident calls driving investigation, resolution, and improvements.
Drive actions for improvements within and outside the team.
Be capable of acting as Product Owner balancing architectural roadmaps and product management needs.
Mentor and lead other team members and create opportunities to share knowledge.