Director software engineering Jobs in Levis, QC

Position Overview

Autodesk’s Viewer Platform powers high-performance 2D and 3D visualization experiences across our product portfolio. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will define and drive the technical direction of the Viewer ecosystem and product workflows, shaping architecture, platform capabilities, and engineering practices across multiple teams.

You will operate on highly complex, ambiguous problems that span systems, domains, and organizations. You are expected to identify and frame high-impact opportunities, align stakeholders, and lead cross-team execution. Success in this role is measured by your ability to deliver impact across multiple teams and evolve platform-level capabilities that enable the broader ecosystem.

This role combines deep hands-on engineering with strategic technical leadership, ensuring scalable, performant, and extensible solutions that support current and future product needs.

If you are an enthusiastic technical leader, keen to work on complex, high-impact SaaS applications and enjoy working in a dynamic, fast-paced team with state-of-the-art technologies, we would love to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of large-scale, cross-team initiatives that impact viewer platform, products and services

• Identify, frame, and prioritize high-impact technical problems aligned with product and platform strategy

• Solve complex, ambiguous technical problems by breaking them down into clear approaches and executable plans

• Influence and align multiple teams, ensuring consistent engineering practices and architectural standards

• Act as a technical authority for critical decisions, guiding trade-offs across performance, scalability, and developer experience

• Drive adoption of shared platform capabilities, frameworks, and patterns across teams

• Improve engineering velocity by introducing tools, frameworks, and best practices that scale across the organization

• Lead root-cause analysis of systemic issues and implement durable, cross-platform solutions

• Mentor senior engineers and elevate engineering standards across the organization

• Partner with Product, UX, and platform teams to shape long-term roadmap and translate business needs into technical strategy

• Partner with Architects and evolve system architecture to ensure long-term extensibility, maintainability, and performance across the ecosystem

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

• 8+ years of professional software development experience, including significant work on large-scale or platform systems

• Expert-level proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern web technologies

• Strong experience designing and evolving complex system architectures across multiple teams or domains

• Deep understanding of high-performance applications, distributed systems, and service-oriented architecture

• Proven ability to lead cross-team technical initiatives and influence without direct authority

• Strong experience with performance optimization, debugging, and operating complex production systems

• Experience with modern development practices, including CI/CD and automated testing (e.g., Jest, Cypress)

• Experience working in Agile environments with short release cycles

• Demonstrated ability to operate independently in highly ambiguous problem spaces

• Demonstrated ability to write clean, maintainable, well-documented code

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a tech lead and mentor of junior and senior engineers

• Experience with cloud-native architectures and large-scale distributed systems

• Expertise in 2D/3D visualization systems, rendering engines, or graphics technologies

• Experience building or evolving platform ecosystems (APIs, extensibility, developer platforms)

• Experience with observability, monitoring, and production system operations at scale

• Experience serving in a Scrum leadership capacity

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À propos d’Autodesk/ About Autodesk

Bienvenue chez Autodesk ! Nos logiciels créent chaque jour des choses extraordinaires : des bâtiments les plus écologiques aux voitures les plus propres, en passant par les usines les plus intelligentes et les films à succès. Nous aidons les innovateurs à concrétiser leurs idées, transformant non seulement la façon dont les choses sont fabriquées, mais aussi ce qui peut l’être. Nous sommes très fiers de notre culture chez Autodesk ; elle est au cœur de tout ce que nous faisons. Notre culture guide notre façon de travailler et de nous comporter les uns envers les autres, influence nos interactions avec nos clients et nos partenaires, et définit notre image au monde. En tant qu’Autodeskien, vous pouvez accomplir un travail significatif qui contribue à bâtir un monde meilleur, conçu et réalisé pour tous. Prêt à façonner le monde et votre avenir ? Rejoignez-nous !

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!

Transparence salariale / Salary transparency

Le salaire est l'un des éléments du programme de rémunération concurrentiel d'Autodesk. Pour les postes basés au Canada, nous offrons un salaire de base entre $131,000 et $191,400. Le salaire est déterminé selon l'expérience professionnelle et l'emplacement du candidat(e). En plus du salaire de base, notre programme de rémunération peut inclure une prime annuelle, des commissions pour les postes de ventes, des attributions d'actions et un ensemble complet d'avantages sociaux. Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For Canada based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $131,000 and $191,400. 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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