Principal Full Stack Engineer

Position Overview

Autodesk is seeking a motivated, experienced, and skilled engineer to join our Connected Delivery platform team. This platform is responsible for enabling the discovery, download, and install of all the Autodesk products, services, and third-part apps. You'll be responsible for building a full-stack application that is resilient, scalable, and highly available. As an ideal candidate, you’ll have led teams developing modern web experiences with cloud services in a fast-paced, agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead, design, and develop high-quality, secure, performant applications
• Provide project and team leadership to break down, estimate, and organize work
• Participate in agile ceremonies of the scrum team
• Work closely with the product manager and team to understand and elaborate on the requirements
• Provide guidance to own team and others on software development best practices
• Work with the team to troubleshoot code-level problems quickly and efficiently
• Identify risk and propose mitigation strategies associated with the design
• Participate in code reviews to ensure new code conforms to the highest standards
• Interact with internal and external customers to identify and resolve product defects
• Mentor and develop junior developers
• Respond on a rotation basis to escalated incidents after hours or on weekends to ensure 24/7 availability of our platform

Minimum Qualification

• BS in computer science or related technical field (MS in Computer Science or a related degree is preferred)
• Over 10 years of professional experience developing scalable, distributed applications
• Part of a large distributed team with significant responsibility
• Strong experience leading a team of 5+ software engineers on projects
• Strong experience in languages like TypeScript, JavaScript, C#
• Broad experience with frameworks like NextJS and NestJS
• Experience designing and building RESTful APIs using Microservices architecture
• Strong experience with building cloud-based API platforms or backend systems
• Strong knowledge of AWS, databases, and cloud architectures
• Experience building production-grade AI/ML applications using RAG, LangGraph (or similar agent frameworks), and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations
• Strong experience and understanding of working on Agile processes like SCRUM
• Strong leadership, communication skills, and the ability to influence without authority
• Ability to write good design & architecture documents
• Ability to cultivate consensus and alignment within and across teams
• Strong problem-solving skills

About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software - from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk - it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Benefits

From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting

Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $139,000 and $249,260. 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Autodesk, we’re building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

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In-Person Onboarding and Identity Verification

This role may require in-person onboarding and/or in-person ID verification.