Autodesk
Technology
SoftwareDevelopmentManager,PlatformEngineering
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“Software Development Manager, Platform Engineering at Autodesk. Skills: Platform Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, People Leadership. Lead engineering team. Mentor engineers”
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years people leadership, 7+ years engineering experience, Deliver business-critical applications, Experience with AWS services, Experience with Kubernetes operations, Experience building CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code experience, Programming experience in Python, Programming experience in Java, Programming experience in TypeScript, Programming experience in Node.js, Familiarity with SRE practices, Communication skills, Stakeholder partnership skills
Nice to Have
Experience building Internal Developer Platforms, Experience operating Internal Developer Platforms, Experience with self-service engineering workflows, Familiarity with service meshes, Familiarity with policy engines, Familiarity with secrets management, Familiarity with platform governance, Experience supporting multi-region architectures, Experience with resilience engineering, Knowledge of observability platforms, Knowledge of distributed tracing, Knowledge of synthetic monitoring strategies, Experience with event-driven architectures, Experience with messaging systems, Familiarity with SOX, Familiarity with SOC2, Familiarity with compliance frameworks, Familiarity with FinOps practices
What You'll Do.
Lead engineering team
Support engineer growth
Foster inclusive culture
Foster collaborative culture
Foster psychologically safe culture
Own delivery for business applications
Drive operational excellence
Establish on-call practices
Improve on-call practices
Establish incident response processes
Improve incident response processes
Establish postmortem culture
Improve postmortem culture
Partner with Security
Partner with Engineering
Communicate progress clearly
Operate Kubernetes environments
Evolve Kubernetes environments
Drive GitOps best practices
Drive CI/CD best practices
Build reusable developer workflows
Improve engineering productivity
Support infrastructure automation
Support infrastructure-as-code practices
Improve observability
Improve operational visibility
Implement secure-by-default infrastructure
Optimize cloud cost efficiency
Promote continuous improvement
Promote resilience engineering
Promote operational ownership
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with Product; Partner with Design; Partner with Security; Partner with Engineering; Cross-functional teams
Communication Scope
Communicate progress clearly
Process & Methodology
Roadmap execution, Release planning, Risk management
Full Job Description
**Job Requisition ID #** 25WD94232 **Software Development Manager, Platform Engineering** _Cloud Infrastructure Engineering | COO GET Engineering_ **About the Role** We’re growing our Cloud Infrastructure Engineering capability within the COO GET Engineering organization and are looking for an Engineering Manager who balances platform engineering expertise with application delivery leadership. In this role, you’ll lead a team of Platform and DevOps engineers while partnering closely with Product, Design, Security, and Engineering teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and developer-friendly solutions. Approximately 60% of the role focuses on delivery ownership for business applications, while the remaining 40% focuses on evolving internal CI/CD platforms, observability, and paved-road developer experiences. This is a hands-on leadership opportunity where you’ll help shape technical direction, mentor engineers, remove blockers, and drive operational excellence across modern cloud infrastructure environments. We welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds and experiences who are passionate about building inclusive teams, scalable systems, and impactful technology. **What You’ll Do** _People & Delivery Leadership_ * Lead, mentor, and support the growth of a high-performing Platform/DevOps engineering team * Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and psychologically safe team culture * Own delivery for one or more business applications, including roadmap execution, release planning, risk management, and operational excellence * Establish and improve SLOs, SLIs, on-call practices, incident response processes, and postmortem culture * Partner cross-functionally with Product, Design, Security, and Engineering stakeholders to align priorities and communicate progress clearly _Platform Engineering & Developer Experience_ * Operate and evolve Kubernetes/EKS environments across multi-AZ and multi-region architectures * Drive GitOps and CI/CD best practices using tools such as Argo
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