Principal Engineer (Search, Java, AWS)

Autodesk; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Dental/Vision/Life insurance

Work - Life Balance

Paid volunteer time off

Paid sabbatical every 4 years

Employee Resource Groups

Week of rest at year's end

Job summary

A leading software company is searching for a Principal Engineer for Search Infrastructure. This role focuses on building and operating a scalable search platform that supports industry clouds. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of experience in large systems, proficiency in Java and cloud technologies, and a strong understanding of distributed systems. Join a dynamic team to drive impactful solutions while enjoying comprehensive benefits and fostering a culture of belonging.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in building and running large scale systems.
• Expertise with modern technology stacks and designing for resilience.
• Thorough knowledge of multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing.
• Exposure to Information Retrieval with hands-on experience in Lucene/ElasticSearch/OpenSearch
• Thorough knowledge of multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing concepts
• Proficiency in Java or similar programming language
• Expertise in Cloud Infrastructure platforms such as AWS
• Understanding of database systems (e.g. MySQL, DynamoDB) including scalability, performance, and consistency
• Experience with modern tech stacks, API design, microservices, stream processing and resilience
• Preferred: Exposure to Vector Databases and ML Infrastructure
• Experience in monitoring and improving reliability of a complex system at scale
• Awareness of Security and Compliance challenges in Cloud products and/or platforms

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development and operations of scalable micro-services.
• Partner with other teams to design technical solutions.
• Help meet SLAs of large-scale micro-services.
• Help to meet SLAs of large-scale micro-services with monitoring, troubleshooting and optimizations
• Lead detection, recovery and postmortems of production incidents
• Help to hire, mentor Engineers, help build fast-growing and high-performing teams
• Perform thorough design and code reviews, drive best practices to clean and maintainable code

Skills

Data structures

Algorithms

Distributed systems

Data management

Java

Cloud infrastructure

Microservices

API design

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Lucene

ElasticSearch

OpenSearch

MySQL

DynamoDB

AWS

Job description

Job Requisition ID #25WD94361

Position Overview

Autodesk’s leading Design and Make Platform offers customers the technology to help them create the world around us, and the critical insights and data to deliver better outcomes for their business and the planet.

At Autodesk, we celebrate all the real-world problem solvers, creative rebels, and innovators who are driven to improve the reality around us. Because we don’t believe in waiting for progress; we believe in making it. 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!

We are looking for a Principal Engineer for Search Infrastructure within Autodesk Platform Services. In this role, you will help to build modern and scalable Search Platform that powers the search experiences across Autodesk’s Industry Clouds – Fusion, Forma and Flow.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development and operations of highly scalable, distributed, data intensive micro-services
• Champion adopting industry best practices to push the development standards within the team.
• Partner with Software Architects, Product Managers and Engineering Managers to design technical solutions to drive business outcomes
• Help to meet SLAs of large-scale micro-services with monitoring, troubleshooting and optimizations
• Lead detection, recovery and postmortems of production incidents
• Help to hire, mentor Engineers, help build fast-growing and high-performing teams
• Perform thorough design and code reviews, drive best practices to clean and maintainable code

Minimum Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of experience in building and running large scale systems
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and data management
• Exposure to Information Retrieval with hands on experience in Lucene/ElasticSearch/OpenSearch
• Thorough knowledge of multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing concepts
• Exceptional proficiency in Java or similar programming language
• Expertise in Cloud Infrastructure platforms such as AWS
• Thorough understanding of database systems (e.g. MySQL, DynamoDB) including scalability, performance, and consistency characteristics
• Expertise with modern technology stacks, API design, microservices, stream processing and designing for resilience and operational excellence

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to Vector Databases and ML Infrastructure
• Experience in monitoring and improving reliability of a complex system at scale.
• Aware of Security and Compliance challenges in Cloud products and/or platforms

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. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Diversity & Belonging
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What Autodesk Has to Offer

Autodesk makes the software and tools that help people imagine, design, and make a better world. If you've ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you've experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with their software. Autodesk offers their employees benefits like:

• Insurance: Health/Dental/Vision/Life
• Work - Life Balance
• Paid volunteer time off
• 6 week paid sabbatical every 4 years
• Employee Resource Groups
• A "week of rest" at year's end