Senior Software Development Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

Autodesk is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build, operate, and advance the distributed compute platform that supports internal development teams across the company. This is an opportunity for an engineer who enjoys tackling complex technical problems and owning foundational platform services that are expected to be resilient, scalable, secure, and maintainable.

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 complex problems, defining solutions with limited direction, and helping shape the long-term evolution of the platform through sound technical judgment. You will partner closely with internal teams to understand their needs, enhance the services they rely on, and elevate engineering standards through strong technical judgment and operational discipline.

This is a hybrid role. The position also includes participation in an on-call rotation to support our production systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, delivery, and production support of reliable distributed services and broader platform enhancements 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.

Minimum Qualifications

• 4+ 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 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 manage multiple priorities, work through ambiguity, and deliver effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong 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 driving improvements to engineering practices, operational workflows, and service reliability.
• Experience working in Agile environments.