Principal Software Engineer

Job Requisition ID #

23WD67986

Position Overview

Are you excited by solving technical challenges that come with building a scalable, highly available, performant platform used by millions of users worldwide? Come join us at Autodesk!

Autodesk's Analytics Data Platform group is seeking a passionate Principal Software Engineer to join a team of diverse, smart, and driven engineers who are responsible for building a large-scale streaming platform to support near-real-time ingestion of product data at Autodesk.

Responsibilities

• Develop high quality, scalable, secure, stable code for use in products and solutions for customers, making it easier for other developers to maintain, enhance and reuse
• Work closely with architects and technical product managers to translate overall system architecture and product requirements into well-designed and implemented software components
• Apply continuous attention to technical excellence and good design, resulting in a straightforward solution and reducing complexity
• Take ownership of the implementation of individual software components, with a high emphasis on quality, test-driven development, and sound software engineering practices
• Participate in software design reviews, conduct peer code reviews and provide input and feedback to other members of the development team
• Create test plans, including unit, functional and regression tests, for newly developed software or deployment processes
• Ensure new code, feature or software product meets performance goals/metrics
• Excellent technical problem-solving skills and aptitude to learn new technologies and methodologies
• Mentor and provide direction to less experienced software engineers regarding company development processes and product architecture, at senior levels
• Develop depth in at least one technical area, but breadth in numerous areas to be a greater asset to the team
• Demonstrate being Creative, collaborative, and product-focused

Minimum Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science or related technical field
• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• 2+ years of experience solving Data Engineering problems
• Extensive experience writing performant code in Java or Python
• Expertise building on AWS, cloud architectures
• Experience with delivering highly available, scalable, distributed systems and microservices in a production setting
• Experience developing highly scalable and resilient data ingestion and processing pipelines, monitoring and/or self-healing systems
• Experience with streaming technologies, Kafka, Flint, AWS Kinesis Firehos
• Experience working with container frameworks (Docker) or CD frameworks (Eg. Spinnaker)
• Experience with Jenkins, GitHub, and Artifactory
• Exceptional analyzing, debugging, and problem-solving skills
• Team player attitude with a willingness to lead when necessary
• Ability to document requirements and specifications, with strong written and verbal communication skills
• Bring real passion for making simple, robust, and scalable platforms used by other engineering teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Experience with microservices and RESTful web services
• Experience working with Data Lake or Warehouses, ETLs
• Experience with development and deployment of system features and QA frameworks

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Salary is one part of Autodesk's competitive package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $139,100 and $224,950. Offers are based on the candidate's experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, we also have a significant emphasis on annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.