Senior Engineering Manager, Frontend Experience

Autodesk, Inc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 293,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to transform how we build, measure, and experiment with application experiences across web, desktop, and mobile. You will own engineering foundations and standards to ensure fast, secure, and measurable experiences by default.

You'll combine deep frontend engineering with strong product judgment, creating the culture and capabilities that enable teams to move from idea to prototype to experiment to learning at scale.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience.
• 4+ years leading frontend or full-stack engineering teams at scale.
• Deep React & GraphQL Expertise with modern client orchestration.
• Web Vitals and performance optimization expertise.
• Real-Time/Concurrency experience with WebSockets or similar tech.
• Knowledge of Server-Driven UI and Generative UI paradigms.

Responsibilities

• Transform the UI to an intelligent distributed node with optimized API calls.
• Coach API teams to deliver lean payloads and efficient data shaping.
• Enable real-time updates using GraphQL subscriptions, WebSockets, and SSE.
• Establish strict UI SL0s and drive Core Web Vitals improvements.
• Explore SDUI and Generative UI for rapid prototyping and testing.

Skills

React & GraphQL

Web Vitals

Real-Time Concurrency

Distributed Systems

Frontend Leadership

Performance Optimization

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Autodesk, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to transform how we build, measure, and experiment with application experiences across web, desktop, and mobile. You will own engineering foundations and standards to ensure fast, secure, and measurable experiences by default.

You'll combine deep frontend engineering with strong product judgment, creating the culture and capabilities that enable teams to move from idea to prototype to experiment to learning at scale.