Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Autodesk develops software that helps innovators design and create everything from buildings and cars to factories and films. The Principal Software Engineer will research, design, develop, and maintain construction cloud software products, including full-stack applications, APIs, user interfaces, and database systems. The role also involves cloud optimization, code reviews, requirements analysis, troubleshooting, and collaboration with product managers and engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Research, design, and develop computer and network software or specialized utility programs
- Analyze user needs and develop software solutions, applying principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis
- Update software or enhance existing software capabilities
- May work with computer hardware engineers to integrate hardware and software systems, and develop specifications and performance requirements
- May maintain databases within an application area, working individually or coordinating database development as part of a team
- Develop and maintain construction cloud software products, including developing APIs and User Interfaces
- Develop software systems and devise ways to add new functionality
- Design software flows that can utilize multiple APIs and services
- Ensure program functionality, troubleshoot malfunctions, and modify existing software to correct errors
- Perform code reviews, evaluate implementations, and provide feedback for tool improvements
- Propose cloud-related optimizations and best practices to improve reliability, performance, and cost
- Work with Product Managers to analyze systems requirements from customers and breakdown requirements to executable tasks per sprint
- Identify and analyze industry- and product-specific customer concerns/focus/pain points to aid in prioritizing feature development
- Review new and existing designs for compliance to the latest directives and standards
- Implement high-level designs in robust maintainable software processes
- Must be available to work on projects at various, unanticipated sites throughout the U.S
- Telecommuting is permitted
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and six (6) years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or in a software engineer-related occupation
- Must be available to work on projects at various, unanticipated sites throughout the U.S
- Developing and maintaining both front-end and back-end systems, building seamless, end-to-end solutions that ensure optimal functionality, scalability, and performance across the application stack
- Integrating front-end user interfaces (using frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.js) with back-end services and APIs (built technologies like with Node.js, Java, or Python) to create cohesive, full-stack applications
- Designing and consuming RESTful APIs, ensuring smooth data flow between the front-end and back-end
- Experience with SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) databases, including schema design, query optimization, and implementing data storage solutions that scale effectively
- Troubleshooting both front-end and back-end issues, including bugs, performance bottlenecks, and server-side errors, to ensure that applications run smoothly across platforms and devices
- Conducting code reviews across the full stack, ensuring adherence to best practices, optimizing for maintainability, performance, and security
- Deploying and managing full-stack applications on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) with a focus on CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), and serverless architectures to enhance scalability and reduce deployment overhead
- Working with product managers, designers, and engineers, translating complex requirements into user stories, delivering features in Agile sprints, and ensuring alignment across multidisciplinary teams to address industry challenges
- Setting up and maintaining DevOps practices, including continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), performance monitoring, and automated testing, to ensure smooth releases and high-performance applications
Benefits
- Health benefits
- Financial benefits
- Time away
- Everyday wellness benefits
- Telecommuting is permitted
- Annual cash bonuses may be included in the compensation package
- Commissions for sales roles may be included in the compensation package
- Stock grants may be included in the compensation package
- A comprehensive benefits package may be included in the compensation package
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