Principal Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Build high quality code following unit testing and test driven development

• Design, code, test, debug and document new and existing components to ensure that software meets business, quality and operational needs

• Drive and participate in code and document reviews, mentoring team in best practices

• Collaborate with peer organizations, dev ops, support organizations on technical issues and provide guidance

• Interpret and translate business needs to technical requirements and accurate estimates

• Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies and processes to ensure the highest quality and performance is achieved

• Work with team to troubleshoot code level problems quickly and efficiently

• Apply deep technical expertise to resolve challenging programming and design problems

• Focus on scalability, security and availability of all applications and processes

• Contribute to the design and architecture to enable secure, scalable and maintainable software

• Contribute to risk identification and risk mitigation strategies associated with the architecture

• Contribute to technical roadmap and technical debt elimination, balancing time, resource, and quality constraints to achieve business and strategic goals and requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience with building API's using Node.js or Java
• Excellent knowledge of REST API standards and web services
• Experience taking requirements to design and building reusable modules
• Experience building, scaling and performance tuning REST APIs
• Experience with debugging, troubleshooting and problem solving issues
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience building and maintaining large scale production system
• Building distributed asynchronous systems
• Experience in AWS and services like SQS, SNS, Elastic Search, Dynamo DB, RDS, Elastic Cache etc.
• Demonstrates SDLC best practices in coding standards, code reviews, tests and delivery
• Familiar with Agile/Scrum, continuous integration/delivery, and modern development practices
• Proficient in understanding of code versioning tool such as Git, perforce etc.

The Ideal Candidate

• You are a talented Software Engineer who is passionate about code quality, usability, and technology
• You have owned design and mentored your team technically
• You have a strong record of project execution and completion and have experience with scrum and agile development practices
• You are excited by the challenge of pushing the limits of the web platform to deliver disruptive, innovative solutions that will delight your customers

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About Autodesk
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Salary is one part of Autodesk's competitive compensation package. For Canada-BC based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $131,500 and $180,840. Offers are based on the candidate's experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, we also have a significant emphasis on annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

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