Senior Principal Software Developer

Position Overview

Autodesk is looking for a Senior Principal Software Developer to join the Autodesk Platform Services – Document Management Team. Autodesk Platform Services (APS) is a cloud service platform that powers custom and pre-built applications, integrations, and innovative solutions. It offers APIs and web services to unlock the value of our customers’ Design and Make data, and connects custom and end-to-end workflows. It is an opportunity to work on the APIs and services that directly impact millions of users of Autodesk products.

In this role, you will contribute to the development of foundational platform APIs, which are the building blocks for next-generation design apps. You will be part of an agile product team of smart and highly motivated engineers building world-class cloud software applications and services. You will work in a global organization and collaborate with local and remote colleagues from various disciplines, such as business, engineering, operations, and support. This is an exciting opportunity to unequivocally help our customers build better and custom business solutions within and across disciplines and industries.

Responsibilities

• Lead key business outcome and high stakes initiatives which may impact an entire division or functional area
• Collaborate with architects, senior leadership, and stakeholders to achieve alignment and provide influence beyond the direct organization
• Own the design and development of cloud services or large-scale platforms
• Provide thought leadership and works on broader organization projects requiring understanding of wider business goals
• Keep aware of emerging threats and opportunities for Autodesk in the product data and cloud platform areas, and influence direction accordingly
• Initiate, lead and own the development and implementation of effective technical strategies
• Drive engineering vision and best practices, either customized for a specific domain or a large and complex platform
• Navigate the dual role of hands-on code contributor across multiple platforms within the domain, while concurrently providing pivotal technical leadership and architectural guidance
• Proactively identify and implement tools, patterns, and frameworks that enhance the overarching development process and amplify the overall engineering efficiency and quality
• Exercise strong leadership in production incidents, driving the investigation, timely resolution, and improvements required.
• Influence the direction and priorities of development teams, balancing system improvements with architectural roadmaps and requirements from product management
• Mentor and lead developers across the organization, and create opportunities to share knowledge

Minimum Qualifications

• 12+ years of software design, development, and/or consulting experience in cloud systems or web services, with at least 7 years in a senior leadership role
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, large-scale cloud projects involving multiple teams
• Exceptional proficiency in Java programming with extensive hands-on experience in Spring Boot
• Hands-on expertise with building SaaS or PaaS solutions on AWS
• Strong understanding of architectural patterns and design principles
• Experience with driving best engineering practices across teams and organizations
• Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams and stakeholders
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to lead technical discussions and present complex ideas to diverse audiences
• Proven ability to build and run cloud services in a high-stakes Production environment, leading incident response, driving root cause analysis, and implementing preventative resiliency measures
• Track record of mentoring and developing technical talent within the organization
• Mastery of software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes, tools, and Agile methodologies
• Experience with CI/CD concepts and working with a deployment pipeline such as Jenkins
• Strong proficiency with SQL and NoSQL databases and database design principles at cloud scale
• BS or MS degree in computer science or related technical fields