Software Engineering Manager

Autodesk is hiring a Software Engineering Manager in Bengaluru.

Job Requisition ID # 26WD99451 Position Overview Autodesk is looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing engineering team within the Growth Experience Technology (GET) organization. The team builds integrations and platform capabilities that empower Customer Success teams to drive customer adoption, engagement, retention, and business outcomes at scale.

Responsibilities

People Leadership and Team Building

• Lead, mentor, hire, nurture, and develop a team of high-performing software engineers

• Build an inclusive, collaborative, ownership-driven engineering culture focused on accountability and continuous learning

• Manage performance, career development, coaching, onboarding, and team growth

• Create clarity around team priorities, roles, responsibilities, expectations, and success measures

Delivery and Execution

• Drive delivery planning and execution across quarterly and multi-quarter initiatives

• Collaborate with Product, Program, Architecture, Design, and other engineering teams to translate business goals into technical execution plans

• Manage dependencies, risks, priorities, and trade-offs while communicating progress clearly to stakeholders

• Remove technical, organizational, and process blockers to help teams deliver high-quality software predictably

Technical Leadership and Engineering Excellence

• Provide technical guidance for the design, development, and operation of modern applications and services across web, cloud, data, and integration technologies

• Participate in architecture discussions, design reviews, code reviews, and technical decision-making

• Partner with architects and senior engineers to ensure scalable, maintainable, reliable, and secure system design

• Promote strong engineering practices including automated testing, CI/CD, secure coding, observability, operational excellence, and production readiness

• Support and improve build, deployment, and release processes using Jenkins and modern CI/CD pipelines

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including hands-on development and production software delivery

• 2-4 years of experience in engineering leadership, people management, or technical team leadership

• Experience hiring, mentoring, nurturing, and developing high-performing engineering teams

• Strong hands-on background in JavaScript, React, Node.js, Express or similar modern web application development

• Experience working with databases and designing data-driven applications

• Experience with AWS cloud services and exposure to serverless architectures

• Experience with CI/CD practices and tools such as Jenkins, Argo CD

• Strong understanding of software design, code quality, design reviews, code reviews, and engineering best practices

• Experience collaborating with Architects, Product Managers, Program Managers, and cross-functional engineering teams

• Ability to manage delivery, priorities, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder expectations

• Strong communication, problem-solving, decision-making, and execution skills

Preferred qualifications

• Experience building customer-facing commerce, digital experience, SaaS, or enterprise web platforms

• Experience designing and operating scalable, reliable, and secure cloud-native applications

• Hands-on experience developing proof of concepts and evaluating new technologies

• Familiarity with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, CloudFront, ECS, or similar AWS services

• Experience with automated testing frameworks and quality engineering practices

• Experience improving developer productivity through automated build, test, security scan, and deployment pipelines

• Experience with observability, monitoring, logging, incident response, and production support

• Strong enthusiasm for AI, emerging technologies, and modern software development practices

• Hands-on experience using AI-assisted coding tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar platforms

• Experience advocating for responsible AI adoption within engineering teams

• Ability to balance technical depth, people leadership, delivery execution, and business impact

• Creative and innovative mindset with a willingness to challenge the status quo and help teams go above and beyond

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About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made. We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and define