Software Engineer
Senior backend engineer leading design and delivery of scalable, enterprise‑grade services and APIs. Drives architecture for distributed, event‑driven systems using Java, microservices, REST, and cloud platforms such as AWS.
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Position Overview
We are seeking aPrincipal Software Engineer – Backendto join Autodesk ’s Enterprise Data Management (EDM) organization within the COO-GET Engineering group. This is a senior individual contributor roleoperatingat thePrincipal(P4) level, expected to drive technology direction forlarge, complex, and business-critical backend and distributed systems.
This role is anchored inbackend software engineering excellence: designing, building, and evolving scalable services, APIs, and event-driven systems thatoperateat enterprise scale. As a Principal Engineer, you will work withhigh autonomy and ambiguity, shape long-term architecture, and influence multiple teams and domains. Familiarity with data engineering concepts is valuable, but backend systems, service design, and distributed systems are the core competencies.
You will function as a technical authority and force multiplier—guiding design decisions, setting standards, and ensuring Autodesk ’s core data services are reliable, resilient, and evolvable over time.
Responsibilities
Provideprincipal-level technical leadershipacross multiple backend and platform teams, shaping architecture and technical strategy beyond a single squad or service
Author and evolvecritical backend systems and APIs, ensuring they meet long-term scalability, reliability, and extensibility goals
Lead design ofdistributed, event-driven systems, addressing consistency, ordering, failure handling, replay, idempotency, rate limiting, and backpressure
Establish and driveservice and API standardsacross domains, including schema design, versioning strategies, backward compatibility, and consumer experience
Act as a technical decision-maker for cross-team initiatives; evaluate tradeoffs and make durable architectural choices aligned with business priorities
Driveoperational excellenceacross systems youinfluence:observability, alerting strategy, incident response, post-incident learning, and systemic remediation
Introduce and reinforceengineering best practicesfor design reviews, code quality, testing, CI/CD, and production readiness across multiple teams
Mentor senior engineers and emerging technicalleaders;raise the bar through influence, example, and coaching rather than direct management
Partner deeply with product, data, and platform leaders to translate ambiguous business problems into clear, actionable technical solutions
Remain hands-on where impact is highest: complex system design, critical implementations, architectural refactors, and high-severity incident resolution
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s orMaster’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant depth in backend and distributed system
Posted June 23, 2026