Software Engineer

Who you are

• This is an opportunity for an engineer who enjoys tackling complex technical problems and growing foundational platform services that are expected to be resilient, scalable, secure, and maintainable
• 2+ years of hands-on software development experience with strong software engineering fundamentals, including testing, debugging, code quality, and design principles
• Experience building production backend software in Go, Java, Python, or a similar language
• Experience building and operating software on cloud infrastructure and working with distributed systems
• Experience owning technical work from implementation through to production support
• Experience diagnosing and resolving production issues using sound technical judgment and pragmatic decision-making
• Ability to evaluate technical solutions and implementation trade-offs, considering their broader impact, and make sound decisions with minimal supervision
• Experience building production software in Go
• Experience building and operating services on AWS using technologies such as ECS, EKS, Lambda, or Step Functions
• Experience with containers, container orchestration, and observability tooling, including logging, tracing, and metrics
• Good understanding of networking and security fundamentals
• Experience contributing to internal platforms, developer tooling, or shared services
• Experience working in Agile environments

What the job involves

• Autodesk is seeking a Software Engineer to help build, operate, and advance the distributed compute platform that supports internal development teams across the company
• In this role, you will contribute across the full software lifecycle, including design, development, testing, operations, and continuous improvement
• You will work as part of a collaborative team while taking ownership of defined problems, driving solutions with limited supervision, and contributing to the long-term evolution of the platform
• You will partner closely with internal teams to understand their needs, enhance the services they rely on, and contribute to improving our engineering practices
• This is a hybrid role. The position also includes participation in an on-call rotation to support our production systems
• Design and deliver well-defined features and improvements to reliable distributed services used across Autodesk
• Write clean, testable, maintainable code and participate in code reviews and technical design discussions
• Troubleshoot production issues and drive improvements to the reliability, scalability, and operability of our platform services
• Help internal development teams succeed on the platform by answering technical questions, resolving usage issues, and providing sample code and reusable patterns
• Participate in on-call rotations to support production systems