Software Development Manager 100574

Job Requisition ID #

26WD97260

Position overview

As a global leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software, Autodesk helps people imagine, design and create a better world. Autodesk accelerates better design through an unparalleled depth of experience and a broad portfolio of software to give customers the power to solve their design, business, and environmental challenges. In addition to designers, architects, engineers, and media and entertainment professionals, Autodesk helps students, educators, and casual creators unlock their creative ideas through user-friendly applications.

Autodesk's Developer Enablement(DE) organization is seeking a passionate Engineering Manager to join a team of diverse, smart, and driven engineers who are responsible for building shareable, reusable components that are consumed by most Autodesk desktop products. This people manager will lead a high performing scrum team of senior and junior engineers and collaborate across other teams and stakeholders to build code, infrastructure, and services that will have a direct and positive impact on millions of users of our products.

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers across backend, full-stack, and platform domains

• Foster a high-performance engineering culture focused on collaboration, ownership, and continuous learning

• Conduct regular performance reviews, career development planning, and technical mentoring

• Support hiring efforts including technical interviews, onboarding, and team growth

• Provide technical guidance and architectural oversight for backend services, full-stack applications, and distributed systems

• Partner with Principal Engineers and Architects to align system architecture with long-term platform strategy

• Ensure teams follow engineering best practices including automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and secure coding

• Guide teams in building scalable systems

• Promote the adoption of AI-assisted development tools and modern developer productivity practices

• Collaborate with Product Management and stakeholders to translate business requirements into engineering roadmaps and execution plans

• Drive delivery of high-quality software through agile development practices

• Ensure reliable production systems by driving operational excellence, monitoring, and incident management

• Remove technical and organizational blockers to help teams deliver effectively

• Enable teams to build data-driven and AI-enabled features that leverage modern data platforms and machine learning capabilities

• Support development of data pipelines, analytics platforms, and AI-powered workflows

• Encourage teams to integrate AI-driven tools for development, testing, and automation

• Partner with data and platform teams to deliver scalable data and AI infrastructure

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field

• 10+ years of software development experience, including 2-4 years in an engineering leadership or management role

• Strong experience building scalable distributed systems and cloud-native applications

• Hands-on expertise with C++, Node.js, TypeScript, and modern architectures