Principal Software Developer

Autodesk
Vancouver
Full time131,000 - 191,400 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Technical judgment","Communication","Mentorship","Cross-functional collaboration","Stakeholder management"]

Lead the engineering direction for the Autodesk Platform Services Developer Portal and Application Management platform. Own end-to-end delivery across architecture, APIs, documentation, usage analytics, and AI/MCP-enabled developer workflows. Partner across Engineering, Product, Design, and Architecture to translate needs into scalable, secure systems. Stay hands-on with design, prototyping, implementation, code review, debugging, and production readiness, while mentoring engineers and improving developer productivity.

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Principal Software Developer

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Job Summary

Lead the engineering direction for the Autodesk Platform Services Developer Portal and Application Management platform. Own end-to-end delivery across architecture, APIs, documentation, usage analytics, and AI/MCP-enabled developer workflows. Partner across Engineering, Product, Design, and Architecture to translate needs into scalable, secure systems. Stay hands-on with design, prototyping, implementation, code review, debugging, and production readiness, while mentoring engineers and improving developer productivity.
Location: Vancouver
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Provide technical leadership and evolve scalable architecture across complex, high-impact initiatives.
  • •Own technically complex initiatives end to end, from exploration and design through production readiness and ongoing operation.
  • •Improve developer-facing workflows for app creation, API access, documentation, usage visibility, and platform self-service.
  • •Raise engineering standards through architecture/design reviews, code reviews, testing, and operational readiness.
  • •Mentor engineers and share knowledge to foster collaborative, high-effectiveness technical decision-making.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: 131,000 - 191,400 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering (or equivalent practical experience).
  • •8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including leading technically complex initiatives.
  • •Demonstrated experience designing, building, and operating production systems.
  • •Architecture and system-design experience with complex web applications, API platforms, distributed systems, or comparable environments.
  • •Hands-on programming experience across modern backend and/or frontend technologies, plus cloud services, APIs, data stores, security, and production observability.
Experience:8+ yearsDeveloper platformsAPI platformsCloud-based web applicationsDistributed systemsProduction systemsAI-assisted development
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Technical judgmentCommunicationMentorshipCross-functional collaborationStakeholder management
Tech Stack:PythonDjangoJavaScriptTypeScriptReactAWSAPI architectureDistributed systemsAsynchronous processingContainersCI/CDObservabilitySecurityAI-assisted development toolsAI/MCP

Company Brief

Autodesk
Provides design and engineering software for architecture, construction, manufacturing, media, and entertainment industries, offering CAD, BIM, and 3D modeling tools to enable product and infrastructure design workflows.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Rafael, United States
Founded: 1982
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