Senior Software Developer, Search AI

Autodesk, Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 107,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own and deliver complex modules within our Search Infrastructure for Autodesk Platform Services.

You will deploy and operate services on AWS (ECS/EC2) across regions, building scalable search capabilities powering Industry Clouds across Fusion, Forma, and Flow. The role emphasizes collaboration with architects and principal engineers, mentoring teammates, and applying AI-assisted tools to boost productivity while solving challenging

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience building and operating production services.
• Strong production experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js or equivalent backend experience.
• Hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure, especially ECS and EC2, and AWS Bedrock, SageMaker and OpenSearch.
• Experience with REST or WebSocket APIs, data formats like JSON or Protobuf, and observability basics.

Responsibilities

• Independently design, build, and maintain complex modules of streaming services with sound engineering practices.
• Own components end to end: drive execution and collaborate with stakeholders.
• Operate services on AWS across regions using ECS/EC2 and supporting services.
• Improve performance and resiliency through caching, eviction, and scaling strategies.
• Troubleshoot production issues and contribute to incident response and improvements.
• Contribute to design discussions and architectural planning with the team.
• Mentor junior engineers and raise engineering quality.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

Node.js

AWS

Distributed systems

REST/WebSocket

Agile

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS or related

Tools

AWS ECS/EC2

OpenSearch

SageMaker

Bedrock

Terraform

Job description

Welcome to Autodesk! The world’s innovators, designers, engineers, builders, and creators trust Autodesk to help them design and make a better world for all. Autodesk’s Design and Make Platform helps millions of designers, engineers, builders, and creators turn ideas into real-world outcomes. The Visualization Services team builds the cloud infrastructure that enables customers to view and interact with large, complex 3D models smoothly on any device across Autodesk products. Imagine loading a multi-gigabyte 3D model in your browser and interacting with it within seconds. That is the experience our team makes possible. We process, optimize, store, cache, and stream 3D model data so customers can explore complex designs without specialized local hardware.

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to own and deliver complex modules within our Search Infrastructure within Autodesk Platform Services. You will work with system architects, principal engineers to build modern and scalable Search Platform that powers the search experiences across Autodesk’s Industry Clouds - Fusion, Forma and Flow, and solve demanding distributed systems and algorithmic problems. You will report to the Senior Software Development Manager based in Toronto.

How You Work

• Result Oriented: You finish the job, then look for the next 10x improvement.
• Continuous Learner: You explore new technologies, measure their impact, and share what you learn.
• AI-Enabled Engineer: You use AI-assisted tools thoughtfully to improve coding, testing, review, automation, and team productivity.
• Build Trust: You communicate clearly, surface risks and trade-offs early, and follow through.
• Team Player: You foster inclusive dialogue, seek diverse perspectives, and celebrate collective wins.

Responsibilities

• Independently design, build, and maintain complex modules of our streaming services,using sound judgment on problems with diverse scope and significant unknowns.
• Own components or initiatives end to end: drive execution, apply solid engineering practices, meet quality and operational standards, and collaborate with key stakeholders.
• Operate what you build: deploy and run services on AWS across multiple regions, primarily using ECS/EC2, with supporting services such as S3, DynamoDB, SQS, ElastiCache/Redis, Lambda, and CloudFront.
• Improve performance and resiliency through caching and eviction strategies, retry and dead-letter recovery, memory-mapped or pager-based data access, and scaling policies, measuring impact with concrete data.
• Troubleshoot and root-cause production issues with limited supervision; participate in incident response and drive follow-up improvements.
• Contribute to design and architecture discussions, bring technology ideas to the team, and provide input into technical planning, roadmap discussions, and team goals.
• Act as a multiplier within the team: review code, share knowledge, mentor more junior engineers, and help raise the bar on engineering practices.
• Identify opportunities to automate, simplify, and remove inefficiency, including through thoughtful use of AI-assisted development tools and agents.
• Occasionally help facilitate team rituals, planning, or delivery coordination.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience building and operating production services.
• Strong production experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js, or strong backend engineering experience in another language with demonstrated ability to ramp quickly on a Node.js service stack.
• Hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure, especially ECS and EC2, and AWS Bedrock, SageMaker and OpenSearch, and multi-environment deployment.
• Strong algorithms and mathematics skills, with the ability to reason about complexity, data structures, and performance trade-offs.
• Solid grasp of object-oriented and/or functional design, concurrency, troubleshooting, and independent problem-solving.
• Experience working with high-traffic distributed systems, including REST or WebSocket APIs, data interchange formats such as JSON or Protobuf, and basic observability practices such as logging, metrics, and tracing.
• Familiarity with Agile development.
• Openness to using AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and quality.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to Information Retrieval with hands on experience in Lucene/ElasticSearch/OpenSearch.
• Exposure to Vector Databases and ML Infrastructure.
• Exposure to Knowledge Graph/ Graph Databases.
• Expertise in Cloud Infrastructure platforms such as AWS.
• Experience in monitoring and improving Reliability of a complex system at scale.
• Exposure to managing Security and Compliance challenges in Cloud products and/or platforms.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform or CloudFormation, and CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins or Harness.
• Experience with observability tooling such as Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk.

The Ideal Candidate

Strong communicator. You enjoy synthesizing, simplifying, and articulating complex problems to others. A team-player, with a result-focused passion to deliver an overall solution. You embrace perpetual learning and are always ready for a new challenge.

Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For Canada based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $107,000 and $157,300. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Belonging

We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/global-belonging

In-Person Onboarding and Identity Verification

This role may require in-person onboarding and/or in-person ID verification.

Learn More 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!