Principal Software Developer, Backend

🔥 5 hours ago

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 $131k - $191.4k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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Autodesk

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1982

🏗️ Construction

🏭 Manufacturing

💼 Consulting

Construction • Manufacturing • Consulting

Autodesk is a global leader in software for designers, engineers, builders, and creators. The company provides a comprehensive suite of design and engineering applications including popular products like AutoCAD, Revit, and 3ds Max. Through its Design and Make Platform, Autodesk empowers professionals across various industries to design, visualize, and manage projects efficiently, facilitating innovation and sustainability in architecture, engineering, construction, and manufacturing.

📋 Description

• Build cloud-based collaboration capabilities across Autodesk design tools • Perform hands-on coding to deliver scalable backend services and infrastructure • Mentor and support developers, fostering continuous learning and improvement • Develop and maintain reliable, secure, high-performance cloud services • Maintain code quality through automated deployments, unit and integration testing, and continuous improvement practices • Document and clearly present technical solutions • Deliver team commitments on time • Participate in on-call rotations for production systems

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of software development experience building enterprise-level cloud services • BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience • Experience building cloud services using Java for backend • Strong understanding of cloud architecture, serverless computing, microservices, infrastructure as code, GitOps, and AWS best practices • Hands-on experience with AWS services including ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, RDS, SQS, and SNS • Understanding of security principles, authentication, and authorization mechanisms • Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, data modeling, ORM frameworks, and caching strategies • Experience designing and working with distributed systems and RESTful APIs, including integration with internal and external team APIs • Experience monitoring backend performance and implementing optimizations for scalability, response times, and resource usage • Experience working with CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions • Preferred: significant hands-on experience with AI-powered development tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, and VSCode Copilot • Preferred: familiarity with spec-driven development and agentic coding tools

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual cash bonuses • Stock grants • Comprehensive benefits package • In-person onboarding and/or in-person ID verification may be provided/required