Autodesk's Entertainment & Media Solutions (EMS) team is on a mission to enable anyone, anywhere, to create incredible digital entertainment. Our tools empower studios and artists worldwide to bring to life the captivating creatures, immersive worlds, and compelling characters seen in the games, shows, and movies we enjoy every day. Autodesk is building Flow, a Cloud platform that connects people, workflows, and data across the entire Entertainment & Media production lifecycle from earliest concept to final delivery. We are looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, relishes working at scale and puts big data to work, enjoys the challenge of highly complex business contexts, and above all else, is passionate about building innovative solutions and developing talent.As a Distinguished Software Development Engineer focused on our EMS applications and the Flow platform, you will engage at all levels with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff. You will be solving deep technological problems connected to human systems and building innovative solutions in a fast-paced environment working with smart and passionate developers. You must have hands-on development experience on multiple platforms as well as web services. Your responsibilities will include owning the overarching solution, working closely with software engineering teams to bridge key technical relationships, and driving projects towards success. You will work closely with product owners and software engineering teams to define the roadmap, architecture, and success metrics for new system capabilities, and influence the broader Autodesk EMS Cloud products.You’ll help establish technical standards and drive engineering practices. You’ll work on Autodesk’s hardest problems - building high quality, architecturally sound systems that are aligned with our business needs. The ideal candidate will possess excellent customer engagement and communication skills as well as the technical background to fluently interact and provide guidance to software developers and architects.As a senior technical individual contributor, you will join the ranks of a large and growing community of Distinguished, Sr. Distinguished and Fellow Engineers / Architects. As such, you’ll be a technical leader. You’ll help establish technical standards and drive Autodesk’s overall technical architecture and engineering practices. You’ll work on Autodesk’s hardest problems, building high quality, architecturally sound systems that are aligned with our business needs. Autodesk senior technical contributors are pragmatic visionaries who can translate business needs into workable technology solutions. Your expertise is deep and broad; you’re hands on, producing both detailed technical work and high-level architectural designs.The ideal candidate will be a visionary leader, builder and operator. You’ll have experience leading or contributing to multiple simultaneous product development initiatives. You’ll be able to balance technical leadership with strong business judgment to make the right decisions about technology choices. You’ll strive for simplicity and demonstrate significant creativity and high judgment.
Responsibilities
Serve as a technical expert on our most demanding, cross-functional projects, and develop innovative solutions with little or no precedent
Lead product and engineering teams in thinking differently on how to solve the most complex and unique challenges
Oversee advanced product development activities where outcomes have significant long-term impact on company’s success
Define and ensure the quality of architecture and design of systems
Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions
Possess expert knowledge in performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and engineering best practices
Assist in the career development of others, actively mentoring individuals and the Autodesk developer community on advanced technical issues and helping managers guide the career growth of their team members
Exert technical influence over multiple teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience
Anticipate market needs and influence the development of product strategies and objectives, including new industry group applications or functionality that require significant resource investments
Effectively research and benchmark Autodesk technology against other competing systems in the industry
Contribute intellectual property through patent generation
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree and / or master’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience
15+ years of relevant, broad engineering experience
Proven track record of leading the delivery of large-scale, high-quality systems
Experience delivering complex, service-oriented software development using innovative solutions
Experience managing complex projects, with significant strategic impact
Experience leading development life cycle process and best practices
Experience mentoring / training an engineering community on complex technical issues
Experience building with native Cloud platform or services
Preferred Qualifications
Advanced degree in Computer Science or a related field
Deep hands-on technical expertise in delivering solutions in at least two or three major technical areas; e.g. large-scale systems engineering, complex distributed systems, machine learning & data science, monitoring or management tools for large-scale environments, etc.
2+ years as the technical lead for an organization of 50+ software developers / engineers
Ability and willingness to multi-task and learn new technologies quickly
Experience in AWS services#LI-CD2
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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.
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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
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Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $188,400 and $304,700. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.
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