Job Description & How to Apply Below
Autodesk’s Data Platform is building the next generation of data infrastructure, AI native, scalable, and developer-friendly systems that power analytics, AI, real-time insights, and customer-facing experiences across Autodesk. To power this vision, we are hiring software engineers who build platforms. You are someone who learns quickly, moves decisively, and takes ownership of complex systems. You enjoy solving hard distributed systems problems, writing production-grade code, automating everything, and turning ambiguity into scalable architecture.
You will design and build APIs, streaming systems, control planes, automation frameworks, and developer-facing platform capabilities that enable thousands of engineers and data practitioners across Autodesk. This is a high-impact engineering role with real architectural ownership.
Location:
Hybrid, San Francisco Bay Area
Reporting to:
Senior Software Development Manager (US)
Responsibilities
Design and develop scalable APIs and microservices (REST, GraphQL, event-driven)
Build backend services using modern languages such as Go, Java, or Python
Develop full-stack capabilities when needed (React, micro-frontends) to enable platform usability
Architect and implement distributed systems that process millions of records across batch and real-time pipelines
Build and evolve streaming and ingestion systems using Kafka and Flink
Develop control-plane services for orchestration, workflow management, and metadata-driven automation
Design self-service infrastructure abstractions for storage, compute, and workflow provisioning
Build highly available, fault-tolerant distributed systems
Define SLAs/SLIs and drive observability across platform services
Implement strong testing, CI/CD, and modern, cloud-native practices
Drive performance optimization and system efficiency
Participate in on-call rotations and take operational ownership seriously
Identify manual processes and replace them with resilient automation
Build intelligent workflow orchestration and scheduling systems
Improve deployment pipelines and reduce operational overhead
Leverage AI/LLMs and modern tooling to accelerate engineering productivity
Partner with product managers, architects, data engineers, and ML teams to translate business needs into scalable systems
Contribute to architectural direction and technical strategy
Mentor engineers and raise the engineering bar through code reviews and design discussions
Promote engineering best practices, documentation discipline, and long-term maintainability
Minimum Qualification
5+ years of professional software engineering experience building production systems
Strong programming skills in Go, Java, or Python
Proven experience designing and building distributed systems or microservices architectures
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
Experience building and consuming APIs (REST, GraphQL, event-driven)
Strong understanding of CI/CD, containerization, and cloud native infrastructure
Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies quickly and apply them effectively
Ownership mindset: you build it, you run it, you improve it
Preferred Qualification
Experience with streaming technologies (Kafka, Flink)
Experience with big data ecosystems (Spark, Trino/Presto, Hive, EMR)
Experience building data platforms, storage systems, or orchestration engines (Airflow, Temporal)
Familiarity with data modeling, schema design, and large-scale data processing
Experience implementing observability and monitoring frameworks
Background in building developer platforms or internal tooling
Salary transparency
Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For Canada based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $0 and $0. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.
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Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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