Senior Software Development Engineer, Autodesk

• If you're excited about building robust developer platforms, automating complex workflows, and working with the public cloud using Container services like ECS and EKS at scale, this is the role for you
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, OR equivalent practical experience
• Proven experience with 5+ years in a Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or related role
• Solid understanding of CI/CD principles and hands-on experience with relevant tools (e.g., Spinnaker, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Argo CD, Argo Workflows)
• Experience working with at least one major public cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Proficiency in scripting and/or programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, Java)
• Hands-on experience with containerisation (Docker) and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, Datadog, ELK Stack)
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Experience contributing to open-source projects, particularly related to cloud-native or CI/CD tooling

Desirable

• Join the team building the core infrastructure that powers Autodesk's cloud services
• You'll be working on CloudOS, our cutting-edge Continuous Deployment (CD) platform used extensively by our internal cloud engineering teams
• As a central component of the Autodesk Cloud Developer Platform, CloudOS simplifies and standardises how teams provision and manage their front-end, back-end, and infrastructure components across multiple global regions
• Built leveraging the power and flexibility of industry-standard open-source tools, CloudOS enables rapid delivery of new platform capabilities while benefiting from the contributions of the global developer community
• This modern approach allows us to move faster and replace legacy, less flexible internal deployment systems
• We are seeking a talented and passionate Platform Engineer to join the CloudOS team
• In this role, you will be instrumental in designing, building, operating, and scaling the CloudOS platform
• You will work closely with internal engineering teams to understand their deployment needs, enhance the platform's capabilities, ensure its reliability, and drive adoption across Autodesk
• We’re primarily an AWS shop but have workloads on Azure and GCP
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance features and capabilities within the CloudOS platform
• Manage and operate the underlying infrastructure for CloudOS, focusing on reliability, scalability, security, and cost-efficiency (leveraging technologies like Kubernetes, AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Work extensively with Jenkins/Spinnaker: configuration, management, upgrades, and potentially contributing improvements upstream or developing custom extensions
• Develop automation for provisioning, deployment, monitoring, and operational tasks using scripting (e.g., Python, Go, Java) and Infrastructure-as-Code tools (e.g., Terraform)
• Collaborate with internal application teams (our customers) to understand their CI/CD requirements, provide support, troubleshoot issues, and evangelize best practices for using CloudOS
• Implement and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure platform health and performance
• Contribute to technical documentation, runbooks, and knowledge sharing within the team and for platform users
• Stay current with industry trends and advancements in CI/CD, cloud-native technologies, DevOps, and platform engineering
• Participate in an on-call rotation to support the CloudOS platform