Principal Software Engineer

Autodesk is hiring a Principal Software Engineer in Pune.

Job Requisition ID # 26WD99155 Position Overview As we transition from a world of files to that of products powered by cloud data services, we're building our core underlying cloud fabric and kernel that is comprised of massively scalable, always-on, globally deployed cloud services that underpin our customer-facing systems. In order to provide a seamless cloud data experience for our customers we're building a platform that bridges existing products and solutions with our cloud data platform.

Responsibilities

• Engage in technical and architectural discussions and decision making to shape the direction of the SDK and the broader data interoperability platform

• Lead planning, design, development, and testing of key features and capabilities delivered via the SDK, services, and connectors

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements and use cases, and build towards a cohesive technical strategy

• Build strategic partnerships with key cross-organizational teams (DX Platform, connector teams, product, and architecture) so that the SDK both leverages and informs platform capabilities

• Uphold team standards by championing engineering best practices, and define what good looks like as the team adopts Spec-Driven Development

• Hands-on software development for products that will perform at scale, be supportable, and be extensible

• Write code that is tested, readable, and maintainable, and produce clear specs and design docs

• Perform code reviews, evaluate implementations (whether written by people or with AI assistance), and provide feedback for tool improvements

• Automate processes where possible and create new technologies when needed

• Cross-train and mentor teammates, and share knowledge through design docs, demos, and internal forums

• Communicate early and clearly. Raise risks, dependencies, and blockers before they become surprises, along with a recommended path forward

• Participate in on-call rotation to support production systems

How we build We are an AI-Native engineering organization, and the DX SDK team is moving toward Spec-Driven Development. We expect a principal engineer to help lead that shift rather than wait for it:

• Use AI tools in your day-to-day work for code generation, review, refactoring, and test writing, and share what works so the rest of the team benefits

• Help define what Spec-Driven Development looks like for SDK and connector work, where it saves time, and where human judgment still needs to stay in the loop, such as architecture, concurrency, and CAD and domain semantics

Requirements

• Great team player with about 8 to 12 years of total industry experience

• 8+ years of software development with all-round experience in all aspects of product development (frontend, backend, operations, support, etc.)

• Demonstrated technical leadership, including leading the design of complex features, setting standards, and mentoring other engineers

• Deep understanding of concurrent programming, multi-threading, and optimizing processing of large datasets

• Experience designing, evolving, and maintaining APIs and SDKs used by multiple consumers, with attention to versioning and backward compatibility

• Working knowledge of build automation and CI/CD pipelines

• Comfortable working hands-on with AI-assisted development tools and able to help a team adopt them

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with CAD, 3D and 2D Geometry

• Experience building and developing software for AEC and Manufacturing industries

• Experience leading and delivering community-driven libraries, SDKs, or applications

• Experience building and operating cloud data services at scale (always-on, globally deployed) and the SDKs and clients that consume them

• Experience with Spec-Driven Development or other structured AI-assisted engineering workflows

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