Software Engineering Manager (Java, AWS, Search)
Autodesk · Posted Oct 7
3D design, engineering, architecture, and entertainment software solutions
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About the role
Autodesk's Design and Make Platform provides software, technology, and data that innovators, designers, engineers, and builders use to design and make the world around us. The Search Infrastructure team within Autodesk Platform Services builds the modern, scalable Search Platform that powers search experiences across Autodesk's Industry Clouds – Fusion, Forma, and Flow. This role is an Engineering Manager who will lead the design, development, and operations of highly scalable, distributed, data-intensive micro-services while coaching, mentoring, and hiring engineering talent.
What you will do
- Lead Key Business Outcome / Initiatives. Accountable for one or more large scale key results.
- Lead and contribute to development of company objectives and long term strategy of the services
- Lead the design, development and operations of highly scalable, distributed, data intensive micro-services
- Drive resiliency best practices
- Collaborate with Architects, Product Managers and other stakeholders to drive business outcomes.
- Ensure timely delivery of high quality software meeting customer needs
- As a leader, inspire, motivate and coach team members to achieve maximum productivity, optimal creativity and efficiency
- Mentor team members to develop their careers and to achieve individual success
- Hire, develop and mentor top engineering talent
- Enhance engineering efficiency; observing the team, identifying opportunities, and influencing the improvement
- Manage the unknowns and help teams manage through the uncertainties
- Drive customer-centricity and engineering excellence in teams
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- BS or MS in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
- 15+ years of hands on experience in the industry involving designing and developing cloud scale and highly available server applications and services
- 5+ years of experience in leading, mentoring, and managing development teams, or other similar leadership roles (managing cross-functional team members from Software Engineers to Principal Engineers to Architects)
- Strong Computer Science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and data management
- Exceptional proficiency in Java or similar programming language
- Expertise in Cloud Infrastructure platforms such as AWS
- Experience developing large, highly scalable, available and resilient distributed cloud data systems
- Experience managing senior level engineering talent and geo distributed teams
- Experience in hiring key talent and setting up teams for success
Preferred qualifications
- Exposure to Information Retrieval with hands on experience in Lucene/ElasticSearch/OpenSearch
- Exposure to Vector Databases and ML Infrastructure
- Experience in monitoring and improving reliability of a complex system at scale.
- Aware of Security and Compliance challenges in Cloud products and/or platforms
Benefits and support
- annual cash bonuses
- stock grants
- comprehensive benefits package
About Autodesk
Autodesk is a global leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software, providing solutions for architecture, engineering, construction, product design, and media creation. Its flagship products, such as AutoCAD, Revit, and Fusion 360, empower professionals across industries to imagine, design, and make a better world. As a pioneer in the space, the company continues to drive innovation through cloud collaboration, digital twins, and AI-powered design workflows.
- Industry
- Software
- Company size
- 10001+ employees
- Founded
- 1982
- Location
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
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