Principal Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and operations of highly scalable, distributed, and data-intensive microservices
• Partner with Software Architects, Product Managers, and Engineering Managers to design technical solutions that drive business outcomes
• Champion industry best practices to elevate development standards and maintain clean, maintainable code
• Help meet SLAs for large-scale microservices through proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimization
• Lead the detection, recovery, and postmortem processes for production incidents
• Hire and mentor engineers to help build fast-growing, high-performing teams
• Perform thorough design and code reviews to ensure technical excellence

Requirements

• BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of experience building and running large-scale distributed systems
• Strong computer science fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and data management
• Hands-on experience with Information Retrieval technologies such as Lucene, ElasticSearch, or OpenSearch
• Exceptional proficiency in Java or a similar programming language
• Expertise in cloud infrastructure platforms, specifically AWS
• Thorough understanding of database systems like MySQL or DynamoDB, including scalability and performance characteristics
• Experience with modern technology stacks, API design, microservices, and stream processing

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to Vector Databases and ML Infrastructure
• Experience monitoring and improving the reliability of complex systems at scale
• Awareness of security and compliance challenges within cloud products and platforms

About the Company

Autodesk is a global leader in design and make software, empowering innovators, engineers, and creators to build a better world. From architecture and construction to manufacturing and media, Autodesk's platform provides the critical insights and technology needed to transform ideas into reality.