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Position Overview
This position is within the User Profile team, which is part of the PSET organization at Autodesk. This team’s mission is to Harness the power of user data to deliver enhanced personalized experiences by bridging data silos, providing teams with a unified view of users and allowing for effortless content discovery and meaningful interactions that allow users to understand their relationship with Autodesk.
This is a high-impact, hands-on engineering role with significant autonomy. You’ll own major components of our application architecture and work closely with product, design, and platform teams to deliver scalable, high-quality software solutions across the stack.
Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain backend services using GraphQL APIs, Node.js, TypeScript, DynamoDB, and AWS S3
Develop and enhance React-based front-end applications with high usability, performance, and accessibility
Build and maintain event-driven architectures leveraging Amazon Kinesis, Kafka, and related streaming technologies
Develop data pipelines and frameworks, writing optimized SQL scripts for data transformation and analytics
Utilize LLMs, RAG and AI tools like Cursor for automation and efficiency
Ensure reliability, scalability, and performance by maintaining strong SLAs/SLIs and enforcing robust test coverage
Collaborate with product managers and technical leads to architect and implement innovative, cross-functional solutions
Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and mentor junior engineers to uphold technical excellence
Identify and automate manual workflows; design efficient, maintainable features that scale with business growth
Participate in on-call rotations to support production systems and maintain operational excellence
Minimum Qualifications
6+ years of professional software development experience
Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
Proven experience designing and developing API-driven and event-driven architectures
Strong proficiency in Node.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, AWS (S3, DynamoDB, Kinesis), Kafka, and SQL
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, and Terraform
Familiarity with project management tools such as JIRA
A customer-centric mindset — able to translate business requirements into intuitive, scalable solutions
Certification in one or more relevant technologies (e.g., AWS, Node.js, GraphQL, DevOps, Data Tools) is a plus
Ability to think strategically about architecture while executing with strong attention to detail
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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 defines how we show up in the world.
When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!
Benefits
From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/
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Equal Employment Opportunity
At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
Diversity & Belonging
We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging
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