Principal Backend Engineer - Cloud Services

Autodesk; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk is seeking a Principal Software Developer to join the AEC DataValidation team. You will drive backend services and cloud capabilities across Autodesk design tools, mentoring engineers and delivering scalable, secure systems.

The role requires 8+ years in enterprise cloud development, strong Java backend experience, AWS expertise, and a track record with microservices, serverless architectures, and CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of enterprise cloud services development.
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Experience building cloud services using Java for backend.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture, serverless, microservices, IaC, GitOps and AWS best practices.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services including ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, RDS, SQS and SNS.
• Understanding of security principles, authentication, and authorization mechanisms.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, including data modeling, ORM frameworks, and caching strategies.
• Experience designing and working with distributed systems and RESTful APIs, including integration with internal and external team APIs.
• Experience monitoring backend performance, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing optimizations for scalability, response times, and resource usage.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions.

Responsibilities

• Day to day hands-on coding to deliver scalable backend services and infrastructure.
• Mentor and support developers, fostering a culture of 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 continuous improvement practices.
• Document and present technical solutions clearly and thoroughly.
• Achieving on-time delivery of team commitments.
• Participate in on-call rotations for production systems.

Skills

Backend Java

AWS cloud

CI/CD pipelines

Distributed systems

REST APIs

Security fundamentals

Databases (SQL/NoSQL)

Serverless/microservices

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS: ECS/Lambda/API Gateway/DynamoDB/RDS/SQS/SNS

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

Autodesk is seeking a Principal Software Developer to join the AEC DataValidation team. You will drive backend services and cloud capabilities across Autodesk design tools, mentoring engineers and delivering scalable, secure systems.

The role requires 8+ years in enterprise cloud development, strong Java backend experience, AWS expertise, and a track record with microservices, serverless architectures, and CI/CD pipelines.