Principal Backend Software Developer

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131K-191K Annually
Expert/Leader
Big Data • Cloud • Digital Media • Machine Learning • Mobile • Software • Industrial
Autodesk is a global leader in design and make technology that helps innovators everywhere solve today's challenges.
The Role
The Principal Backend Software Developer will design and build core APIs and orchestration layers for an AI-assisted commerce platform, ensuring security and reliability, while leading cross-team initiatives and mentoring engineers.
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26WD96355

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26WD96355, Principal Backend Software Developer

Position Overview

Autodesk is building a shared AI-assisted commerce platform that enables AI copilots and agents to safely discover, recommend, and transact Autodesk offerings. As a Principal Developer you will design and build the core APIs and orchestration layer (MCP) that connects AI systems to Autodesk’s commerce infrastructure—pricing, subscriptions, entitlements, and checkout—with enterprise-grade reliability, security, and governance.

This role sits at the intersection of platform engineering, distributed systems, and applied AI enablement.
 

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement the runtime and APIs that allow copilots/agents to invoke commerce capabilities safely and consistently (e.g., product discovery → pricing → eligibility/entitlements → checkout)

  • Create standardized patterns for tool invocation (idempotency, retries, rate limits, validation), error contracts, and deterministic behaviors suitable for LLM/agent workflows

  • Build adapters and service interfaces to existing commerce capabilities (pricing, subscriptions, entitlements, checkout), including backward compatibility and rollout strategies

  • Own service SLOs/SLIs, observability (logs/metrics/traces), resilience patterns, and incident readiness; drive post-incident improvements

  • Implement strong authN/authZ, tenant isolation, secrets management, auditability, policy enforcement, and safe-guardrails around agent actions (approvals, constraints, and traceability)

  • Provide SDKs, documentation, reference implementations, and golden paths so product teams can integrate agents quickly and safely

  • Drive architecture decisions across teams, lead design reviews/RFCs, mentor developers, and influence roadmaps across the commerce + AI ecosystem

Minimum Qualifications

  • 10+ years building and operating production backend/platform systems

  • Deep knowledge of distributed systems: scaling, failure modes, consistency, caching, queues/streams, concurrency, idempotency, and backpressure

  • Strong backend proficiency in one or more languages (e.g., Java/Kotlin, Node Js), plus strong API design (REST/gRPC) and data modeling

  • Experience with cloud-native systems (Kubernetes, CI/CD, IaC), and building reliable services with modern observability

  • Proven ability to lead cross-team initiatives through ambiguity, balancing platform correctness, security, and product velocity

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience designing platforms for automation/agents (workflow orchestration, tool routing, policy engines, approvals, audit trails)

  • Commerce domain exposure: pricing catalogs, subscription lifecycle, entitlement checks, tax/payment/checkout flows

  • Multi-tenant enterprise patterns: tenant isolation, RBAC/ABAC, compliance-minded logging, data retention

  • Experience building internal platforms with adoption metrics, SDKs, and versioned contracts

The Ideal Candidate

  • AI copilots and agents can reliably and safely complete commerce tasks using your MCP layer (with strong auditability and guardrails)

  • Integrations with pricing/subscription/entitlements/checkout become simpler, standardized, and faster for teams to adopt

  • Platform reliability improves measurably (SLO attainment, incident reduction, faster recovery) while maintaining strict security and governance

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26WD96355, Développeur logiciel principal backend

Aperçu du Poste

Autodesk développe une plateforme commerciale partagée assistée par l'IA qui permet à des copilotes et agents IA de découvrir, recommander et commercialiser en toute sécurité les offres Autodesk.

En tant que développeur principal, vous concevrez et développerez les API centrales et la couche d'orchestration (MCP) qui relient les systèmes d'IA à l'infrastructure commerciale d'Autodesk — tarification, abonnements, droits d'accès et paiement — avec une fiabilité, une sécurité et une gouvernance de niveau entreprise.

Ce poste se situe à la croisée de l'ingénierie de plateformes, des systèmes distribués et de la mise en œuvre de l'IA appliquée.

Responsabilités

  • Concevoir et mettre en œuvre le runtime et les API permettant aux copilotes/agents d’invoquer les fonctionnalités commerciales de manière sûre et cohérente (par exemple, découverte de produits → tarification → éligibilité/droits d’accès → paiement)

  • Créer des modèles standardisés pour l’invocation d’outils (idempotence, tentatives de réessai, limites de débit, validation), les contrats d’erreur et les comportements déterministes adaptés aux workflows des modèles de langage (LLM) et des agents

  • Développer des adaptateurs et des interfaces de service pour les fonctionnalités commerciales existantes (tarification, abonnements, droits d’accès, paiement), y compris la rétrocompatibilité et les stratégies de déploiement

  • Gérer les SLO/SLI des services, l’observabilité (journaux/métriques/traces), les modèles de résilience et la préparation aux incidents ; piloter les améliorations post-incident

  • Mettre en œuvre une authentification et une autorisation robustes, l’isolation des locataires, la gestion des secrets, l’auditabilité, l’application des politiques et des garde-fous autour des actions des agents (approbations, contraintes et traçabilité)

  • Fournir des SDK, de la documentation, des implémentations de référence et des chemins de référence afin que les équipes produit puissent intégrer les agents rapidement et en toute sécurité

  • Piloter les décisions architecturales entre les équipes, diriger les revues de conception/RFC, encadrer les développeurs et influencer les feuilles de route au sein de l’écosystème commerce + IA

Qualifications Minimales

  • Plus de 10 ans d’expérience dans la conception et l’exploitation de systèmes backend/plateformes en production

  • Connaissance approfondie des systèmes distribués : évolutivité, modes de défaillance, cohérence, mise en cache, files d’attente/flux, concurrence, idempotence et contre-pression

  • Maîtrise approfondie du backend dans un ou plusieurs langages (par exemple, Java/Kotlin, Node.js), ainsi que de la conception d’API (REST/gRPC) et de la modélisation des données

  • Expérience des systèmes cloud-native (Kubernetes, CI/CD, IaC) et de la mise en place de services fiables avec une observabilité moderne

  • Capacité avérée à diriger des initiatives inter-équipes dans un contexte d’ambiguïté, en conciliant l’exactitude de la plateforme, la sécurité et la vitesse de développement du produit

Qualifications Souhaitées

  • Expérience dans la conception de plateformes d’automatisation/d’agents (orchestration des workflows, routage des outils, moteurs de politiques, validations, pistes d’audit)

  • Connaissance du domaine du commerce : catalogues de tarification, cycle de vie des abonnements, vérifications des droits, flux de taxation/paiement/paiement

  • Modèles d’entreprise multi-locataires : isolation des locataires, RBAC/ABAC, journalisation axée sur la conformité, conservation des données

  • Expérience dans la création de plateformes internes avec des indicateurs d’adoption, des SDK et des contrats versionnés

Le Candidat Idéal

  • Les copilotes et agents IA peuvent accomplir de manière fiable et sécurisée des tâches commerciales en utilisant votre couche MCP (avec une forte auditabilité et des garde-fous)

  • Les intégrations avec la tarification, les abonnements, les droits d'accès et le paiement deviennent plus simples, standardisées et rapides à adopter par les équipes

  • La fiabilité de la plateforme s'améliore de manière mesurable (respect des SLO, réduction des incidents, reprise plus rapide) tout en maintenant une sécurité et une gouvernance strictes

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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!

Salary transparency

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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We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/global-belonging

Are you an existing contractor or consultant with Autodesk?

Please search for open jobs and apply internally (not on this external site).

Skills Required

  • 10+ years building and operating production backend/platform systems
  • Deep knowledge of distributed systems: scaling, failure modes, consistency
  • Strong backend proficiency in Java, Kotlin, or Node.js
  • Experience with cloud-native systems (Kubernetes, CI/CD, IaC)
  • Proven ability to lead cross-team initiatives through ambiguity

Autodesk Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Autodesk and has not been reviewed or approved by Autodesk.

  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time away is considered expansive, combining discretionary time off for salaried roles, company holidays/Autodays, and a periodic paid sabbatical. These options provide flexibility beyond standard accrual-based PTO.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility Total rewards prominently include RSUs and an employee stock purchase plan with a discount and lookback, alongside annual bonus or commission programs. These elements are available to eligible employees and can materially augment base pay.
  • Parental & Family Support Family-building support includes reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, IVF/co‑maternity, and fertility benefits, plus dedicated coaching and Cleo resources for parenting and caregiving. These services extend support before, during, and after leave.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
13,285 Employees
Year Founded: 1982

What We Do

Autodesk makes software for people who make things. If you’ve ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you’ve experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with our software. Autodesk gives you the power to make anything. Over 100 million people use Autodesk software like AutoCAD, Revit, Maya, 3ds Max, Fusion 360, SketchBook, and more to unlock their creativity and solve important design, business and environmental challenges. Our software runs on both personal computers and mobile devices and taps the infinite computing power of the cloud to help teams around the world collaborate, design, simulate and fabricate their ideas in 3D. We provide exceptional compensation/benefit packages and we’d love for you to join us. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability, veteran status or other protected category. To see our culture in action, check out #AutodeskLife. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and have more than 10,000 employees worldwide.

Why Work With Us

Our work is impactful. Our people are innovative. And our culture is inclusive. As our software shapes new solutions to the world’s biggest challenges, you shape your career path. With us, you lead the way in achieving sustainability, resilient communities, and an equitable workforce. Discover #AutodeskLife. 

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