Principal Software Engineer for Scalable Data Platform

Autodesk

Atlanta (GA)

Hybrid

USD 139,000 - 249,000

Full time

7 hours ago

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Job summary

Autodesk, a global leader in 3D design and engineering software, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide deep technical leadership on a large-scale data platform. You will own architecture decisions spanning multiple systems and partner with product, architecture, and engineering teams to shape the platform roadmap.

This role requires hands-on expertise in distributed systems, data pipelines, cloud services, and API design.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent.
8+ years of professional software development experience with distributed backend systems.
Strong proficiency in a modern backend language and library/framework development.
Experience designing asynchronous or workflow-based systems at production scale.
Experience with major public cloud platforms including serverless, NoSQL and object storage.
API design and implementation with schema validation, versioning, and backward compatibility.
Ability to design data models and drive system behavior from configuration.
Track record leading architecture across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

Set the technical direction for core platform subsystems and drive architectural alignment across teams.
Turn ambiguous requirements into concrete platform capabilities and document tradeoffs.
Design and review complex changes to distributed services and data models with focus on correctness and data integrity.
Lead cross-team initiatives and resolve systemic issues in reliability and performance.
Establish and evolve engineering standards and mentor engineers across teams.
Partner with senior leaders, architects, DevOps, Support, and product orgs on platform strategy and incident response.