Autodesk
Technology
SeniorBackendSoftwareEngineer
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“Senior Backend Software Engineer at Autodesk. Skills: Backend services, Platform capabilities, Cloud infrastructure, Developer platforms. Build backend services. Operate backend services”
Industry & Context.
Performance optimization
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years backend systems, Node.js experience, JavaScript/TypeScript experience, Experience designing distributed systems, Understanding of APIs, Understanding of cloud infrastructure, Understanding of backend architecture, Experience writing production code, Experience with observability, Experience with monitoring, Experience with production operations, Excellent technical communication skills
Nice to Have
Platform engineering experience, Infrastructure backend platform teams experience, CI/CD experience, DevOps practices experience, Infrastructure automation experience, AWS experience, Cloud-native architectures experience, Docker experience, Kubernetes experience, Containerized environments experience, Git experience, AI-powered engineering tools experience, AI-assisted software development workflows experience
What You'll Do.
Build backend services
Operate backend services
Build platform capabilities
Operate platform capabilities
Design backend systems
Develop backend systems
Design platform services
Develop platform services
Improve platform reliability
Improve platform scalability
Improve platform observability
Improve developer experience
Contribute to CI/CD pipelines
Contribute to automation
Contribute to deployment tooling
Contribute to operational excellence
Collaborate with engineering teams
Enable service integrations
Participate in architecture
Participate in performance optimization
Participate in monitoring
Participate in production support
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Self-organized agile team; Engineering teams
Communication Scope
Technical communication
Process & Methodology
Agile
Full Job Description
**Job Requisition ID #** 26WD98263 Autodesk is seeking a **Senior Backend Software Engineer** to join our Platform Engineering team! As part of your role, you will help design, build, and operate foundational backend services and platform capabilities powering Autodesk Construction Cloud (Forma). You will contribute to scalable cloud infrastructure, internal developer platforms, shared services, and backend systems used across all of the stacks. **Responsibilities** * Work as a member of a self-organized agile platform team that builds, owns, and operates core backend services and infrastructure * Design and develop scalable backend systems and platform services using Node.js and TypeScript * Improve platform reliability, scalability, observability, and developer experience * Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, automation, deployment tooling, and operational excellence * Collaborate with engineering teams across the organization to enable efficient and reliable service integrations * Participate in architecture, performance optimization, monitoring, and production support **Minimum Qualifications** * 5+ years of experience building cloud-native backend systems using Node.js * Strong JavaScript/TypeScript experience * Experience designing scalable, reliable, and maintainable distributed systems * Strong understanding of APIs, cloud infrastructure, and backend architecture * Experience writing clean, performant, and production-ready code * Experience with observability, monitoring, and production operations * Excellent written and verbal technical communication skills (English) **Preferred Qualifications** * Experience with platform engineering or infrastructure/backend platform teams * Experience with CI/CD, DevOps practices, and infrastructure automation * Experience with AWS and cloud-native architectures * Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or containerized environments * Experience with Git or equivalent distributed revision control systems **Preferred Qualifications
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