Principal Engineer, Platform Services

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Requisition  Overview Autodesk is looking for a Principal Engineer to join the Autodesk Platform Services Team. The team provides high-value, exabyte-scale orchestrated data processing capabilities that power desktop, mobile, and web applications. These capabilities enable our product teams to achieve high-performance processing of granular data across all Autodesk products.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of and to help evolve developing the engineering discipline in an Agile environment and to contribute to an organization committed to continuous improvement. You will be part of the team who creates amazing things and will learn from some of the best in the industry! Our team enables real-time data-centric experiences at scale to make a difference for all of those who imagine, design, and make our world.

Responsibilities Lead all aspects of software development, creating and maintaining reliable, secure, scalable, and high-traffic services by leveraging modern cloud technologies

Drive team-level outcomes and initiatives, collaborating across functions to achieve organizational goals

Contribute to and influence data processing capabilities across Autodesk, ensuring efficient, scalable, and secure solutions

Design and evolve real-time, event-driven data streaming pipelines, ensuring high-throughput, low-latency, and fault-tolerant delivery of data across systems

Exhibit steadfast leadership by driving large-scale, complex projects requiring collaboration among engineers and cross-functional teams

Champion scalable and secure orchestration of data processing, impacting processes and solutions across divisions

Provide guidance and remove obstacles for your Scrum team and broader colleagues to enhance productivity and collaboration

Spearhead complex project milestones, from clarifying requirements to planning, execution, and ensuring timely delivery through effective oversight

Collaborate with architects, product managers, and stakeholders to iteratively transform high-level requirements into incremental product enhancements

Shape software design and architecture by incorporating cloud expertise throughout the development lifecycle, improving performance, team processes, and collaboration

Take ownership of large-scale platforms, overseeing engineering practices, solution design, quality, deployment, and ongoing support

Drive improvements in engineering practices, acting as a multiplier for the team through mentorship, technical guidance, and proactive support

Lead technical discussions across the organization, aligning outcomes with business objectives

Demonstrate leadership in incident response by driving investigations, timely resolutions, and implementing preventive improvements

Provide technical mentorship to team members and peers, offering expertise in design, architecture, and coding practices

Thoroughly document and present solutions to stakeholders, ensuring clarity and alignment

Recommend and implement best practices for design, architecture, and development processes

Stay informed about emerging trends and technologies to anticipate and address future development needs

Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience9+ years of hands-on experience in software design and development for cloud-based services

Proven track record of leading fast-paced engineering teams to deliver high-impact results

Expert-level proficiency in Java with extensive development experience

Strong, hands-on expertise with AWS cloud services, including S3, Lambda, SQS/SNS, Aurora, DynamoDB, and other core offerings

Extensive experience in building high-performance, scalable applications utilizing caching technologies such…