Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Position Overview

Autodesk is seeking a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer to join our agile development team building the next generation of our Customer Identity Access Management Platform. As a senior member of our team, you'll play a key role in developing foundational services that power 150+ Autodesk desktop, mobile, web applications, and cloud services, while supporting a growing third-party developer ecosystem. Our platform handles user authentication, authorization, profiles, and entitlements for millions of customers daily, making it a critical business enabler for Autodesk's success. You'll work with cutting-edge AWS technologies to architect and build scalable, high-performance identity services that set the foundation for Autodesk's future.

Responsibilities

• Work effectively within a self-organized agile team that builds, owns, and operates production services

• Lead and contribute to all aspects of service development, including front-end, back-end, DevOps, and quality assurance

• Participate in and improve service operations including monitoring, alerting, metrics, logging, and troubleshooting

• Collaborate with architects and product management to understand requirements and deliver elegant, scalable implementations

• Identify and drive continuous improvements to system scalability, reliability, usability, and security based on production behavior

• Debug and resolve complex technical issues spanning multiple system components

• Act as an advocate for the service within the organization, helping product teams with integration and adoption

Minimum Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science or related technical field

• 5+ years of experience building cloud-native RESTful web services and applications

• Expert-level proficiency in Go, C#, or Java

• Strong experience with both relational and non-relational data stores

• Proven track record of building high-performance, highly available services at internet scale

• Solid understanding of software design patterns and architectural principles

• Strong commitment to code quality, security, and performance

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new languages, tools, and design patterns

• Problem-solving mindset with qualities including innovation, adaptability, inclusiveness, accountability, and pragmatism

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with OIDC, OAuth2, and related API authorization protocols

• Hands-on experience with agile development methodologies

• Experience with AWS services and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

• Front-end development experience with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript

• Experience mentoring junior engineers and leading technical initiatives

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