Principal Software Engineer, Buy Experience

Autodesk; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for the Buy Experience team, focused on innovating and enhancing their Commerce platform. This role involves building scalable solutions, driving customer engagement, and optimizing practices to support global services. Candidates should possess significant software engineering expertise and thrive in fast-paced environments.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Annual cash bonuses

Stock or long-term cash incentives

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 3+ years at a Staff/Principal level managing distributed systems.
• Experience with high-scale technical and business problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality, secure, reliable code following best practices.
• Design, implement, and document new and existing software components.
• Build and optimize scalable, distributed systems and microservices.

Skills

Problem-Solving

Influencing

Communication

Architectural Design

Programming Languages

Production Excellence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field

Tools

AWS Services

Java

Python

Node.js

Go

Job description

Principal Software Engineer, Buy Experience

Are you excited about solving complex technical challenges and building scalable, highly available services to support millions of users worldwide? Join us at Autodesk!

Autodesk’s Buy Experience team is looking for a talented Principal Software Engineer to help shape the future of our Commerce platform. As part of this high-visibility initiative, you will build and deliver innovative solutions for prospects, customers, and partners. You will play a key role in driving our growth from $5B to $10B+ by improving funnel conversion, enabling hypothesis-driven experimentation, enhancing productivity and automation, and delivering insights and experiences that increase revenue.

Responsibilities

Develop high-quality, secure, and reliable code following best practices, including unit testing, coding guidelines, and security standards

Design, implement, test, debug, and document new and existing components to meet business, quality, and operational requirements

Build and optimize scalable, distributed systems, microservices to support Autodesk’s global Consumption platform

Participate in code and document reviews to ensure best practices and maintain high code quality

Follow Agile principles, participate in Scrum ceremonies, and collaborate with peer engineers to estimate, plan, and deliver sprint goals

Troubleshoot and resolve code-level issues quickly and efficiently

Lead the architecture and design of secure, scalable, and maintainable software solutions

Contribute to technical roadmap and technical debt elimination, balancing time, resource, and quality constraints to achieve business and strategic goals and requirements

Support production deployments, operations, and ongoing maintenance as part of end-to-end platform ownership

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 3+ years at a Staff/Principal (or equivalent) level owning mission-critical distributed systems

Proven track record of solving complex technical + business problems at scale (> 5K TPS, global traffic, multi-region fail-over)

Mastery of system-design fundamentals—partitioning, consistency models, caching strategies, observability, security

Ability to influence architecturally across multiple teams and time zones; excellent written & verbal communication (you turn RFCs into executive-friendly one-pagers)

Experience driving production excellence—SLIs/SLOs, chaos testing, cost governance

Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, Node.js, and Go

Strong Experience with AWS services such as Lambda, Fargate, SQS, DynamoDB, Aurora and other cloud technologies

Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to learn new technologies quickly

Preferred Qualifications

Consumption-based revenue model, payments or fintech background

Open-source contributions, tech talks, or patents that showcase deep domain expertise

Experience with AI programming or Agentic programming

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 – our Culture Code is at the core of everything we do. Our values and ways of working help our people thrive and realize their potential, which leads to even better outcomes for our customers.

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!

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, we also have a significant emphasis on discretionary annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock or long-term incentive cash grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Job Requisition ID #

25WD89329

Position Overview

Are you excited about solving complex technical challenges and building scalable, highly available services to support millions of users worldwide? Join us at Autodesk!

Autodesk’s Buy Experience team is looking for a talented Principal Software Engineer to help shape the future of our Commerce platform. As part of this high-visibility initiative, you will build and deliver innovative solutions for prospects, customers, and partners. You will play a key role in driving our growth from $5B to $10B+ by improving funnel conversion, enabling hypothesis-driven experimentation, enhancing productivity and automation, and delivering insights and experiences that increase revenue.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality, secure, and reliable code following best practices, including unit testing, coding guidelines, and security standards

• Design, implement, test, debug, and document new and existing components to meet business, quality, and operational requirements

• Build and optimize scalable, distributed systems, microservices to support Autodesk’s global Consumption platform

• Participate in code and document reviews to ensure best practices and maintain high code quality

• Follow Agile principles, participate in Scrum ceremonies, and collaborate with peer engineers to estimate, plan, and deliver sprint goals

• Troubleshoot and resolve code-level issues quickly and efficiently

• Lead the architecture and design of secure, scalable, and maintainable software solutions

• Contribute to technical roadmap and technical debt elimination, balancing time, resource, and quality constraints to achieve business and strategic goals and requirements

• Support production deployments, operations, and ongoing maintenance as part of end-to-end platform ownership

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 3+ years at a Staff/Principal (or equivalent) level owning mission-critical distributed systems

• Proven track record of solving complex technical + business problems at scale (> 5K TPS, global traffic, multi-region fail-over)

• Mastery of system-design fundamentals—partitioning, consistency models, caching strategies, observability, security

• Ability to influence architecturally across multiple teams and time zones; excellent written & verbal communication (you turn RFCs into executive-friendly one-pagers)

• Experience driving production excellence—SLIs/SLOs, chaos testing, cost governance

• Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, Node.js, and Go

• Strong Experience with AWS services such as Lambda, Fargate, SQS, DynamoDB, Aurora and other cloud technologies

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to learn new technologies quickly

Preferred Qualifications

• Consumption-based revenue model, payments or fintech background

• Open-source contributions, tech talks, or patents that showcase deep domain expertise

• Experience with AI programming or Agentic programming

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 – our Culture Code is at the core of everything we do. Our values and ways of working help our people thrive and realize their potential, which leads to even better outcomes for our customers.

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!

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, we also have a significant emphasis on discretionary annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock or long-term incentive cash grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Diversity & Belonging
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About the company

Autodesk, Inc. is an American multinational software corporation that makes software services for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media, education, and entertainment industries.

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