Senior Software Engineer (React, Frontend)

Job Requisition ID #

26WD96093

Position Overview

Are you excited by solving complex technical challenges while building scalable, highly available, and performant platforms used by millions of users worldwide Autodesk is seeking a passionate Senior Software Engineer (Frontend) to join a team of diverse, smart, and driven engineers building next-generation customer success experiences.

In this role, you will work within a high-performing Scrum team where the code, infrastructure, and services you develop will have a direct and measurable impact on millions of Autodesk users. This initiative is central to our transformation journey and customer experience strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, debug, and document scalable and reusable frontend components and applications
• Write high-quality, maintainable code following Test-Driven Development (TDD) and engineering best practices
• Lead and actively participate in code reviews, design reviews, and technical discussions
• Mentor junior engineers and promote engineering excellence across the team
• Collaborate closely with architects, DevOps, Product Management, UX, and Support teams to deliver robust solutions
• Translate business requirements into well-designed technical solutions with accurate effort estimates
• Evaluate and recommend tools, frameworks, and processes to improve quality, performance, and developer productivity
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and drive root-cause analysis
• Contribute to system architecture decisions, ensuring security, scalability, reliability, and maintainability
• Customise and integrate third-party JavaScript libraries and frameworks as required

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related technical field
• 5-8 years of industry experience in frontend development
• Strong hands-on experience with React and modern JavaScript frameworks, JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript HTML5 and CSS3
• Solid understanding of frontend architecture, state management, and performance optimisation
• Experience working in Scrum/Agile environments
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams
• Experience with build tools, bundlers, and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong understanding of developer experience and build automation best practices

• Experience with micro-frontend architectures, builds scalable, high-performance React/TypeScript applications with strong architecture, accessibility, and maintainability standards
• Experience working with Generative AI (GenAI) technologies, including integrating AI-powered features into web applications
• Practical knowledge of prompt engineering, including designing, testing, and optimising prompts for large language models (LLMs) to deliver reliable and context-aware user experiences
• Familiarity with cloud-native environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Knowledge of frontend observability and performance monitoring tools
• Experience with design systems and component libraries
• Exposure to security best practices (XSS, CSRF, OAuth, etc.)
• Experience writing unit and component tests using Jest (e.g., with React Testing Library)
• Experience writing and maintaining end-to-end (E2E) and UI automation tests using Playwright
• Familiarity with integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and improving test reliability and coverage