Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Autodesk is hiring a Software Engineering Manager to lead a full-stack engineering team supporting horizontal services and core technology platforms. The role combines people and delivery leadership with hands-on technical direction, overseeing scalable distributed systems, experimentation and content management frameworks, and self-service platform capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and support the growth of a high-performing full-stack engineering team
- Foster an inclusive, collaborative environment that empowers engineers to make autonomous technical decisions
- Own project delivery, including roadmap execution, planning, risk management, and operational follow-through
- Provide regular project status updates, metrics, progress reporting, and risk assessments to cross-functional stakeholders and leadership
- Proactively identify and resolve technical and project bottlenecks, escalating issues effectively to keep initiatives on track
- Partner closely with Product Management, Visual Design, and engineering teams to align priorities and deliver business outcomes
- Drive technical direction and architectural decisions for core horizontal services and platforms
- Champion strong software engineering principles, code quality, scalability, maintainability, and system reliability
- Design and scale distributed systems, microservices, and RESTful APIs
- Guide engineering teams in developing resilient, scalable, and maintainable backend services
- Promote engineering best practices across architecture, development, testing, deployment, and operational excellence
- Oversee the development and scaling of experimentation frameworks, (CMS), and self-service workflows
- Build platforms and tools that enable engineering teams and internal customers to work more efficiently and independently
- Partner with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for automation, scalability, and improved developer experiences
- Drive technical solutions that support evolving business requirements and high-scale application environments
- Design and support event-driven architectures and distributed systems
- Work with streaming and messaging technologies such as Kafka
- Guide the development of reliable APIs, microservices, and asynchronous workflows
- Evaluate and improve system scalability, performance, reliability, and operational resilience
Skills
- 3+ years of people leadership experience managing and developing software engineers
- 10+ years of total software engineering experience
- Strong foundation in computer science, software architecture, and software design principles
- Proven experience leading engineering teams through complex technical projects and delivering business-critical solutions
- Strong experience designing and scaling distributed systems, microservices, and RESTful APIs
- Experience with event-driven development and streaming/messaging technologies such as Kafka
- Strong understanding of modern frontend ecosystems, including React
- Experience with modern (CMS)
- Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Java, Python, or Node.js
- Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate project health, technical risks, dependencies, and escalation resolutions to stakeholders and leadership
- Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with Product, Design, and Engineering organizations
- Experience building or operating experimentation or A/B testing platforms
- Experience developing self-service platforms and internal engineering tools
- Experience with large-scale content management platforms and workflows
- Strong understanding of cloud-native application architecture and distributed infrastructure
- Experience with asynchronous processing, event-driven systems, and messaging architectures
- Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives spanning multiple engineering teams
- Experience improving developer productivity through automation, platform capabilities, and reusable services
- Strong track record of developing engineering talent and building high-performing technical organizations
Benefits
- Health and financial benefits
- Time away
- Everyday wellness
- Annual cash bonuses
- Stock grants
- A comprehensive benefits package
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