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Software Engineer, DataOS Infra Platform — P3
Position Overview
Autodesk’s Analytics Data division is building DataOS, a modern platform that powers analytics and data workloads across Autodesk.
The DataOS Infra Platform team builds the foundational services that help teams provision and operate compute, storage, orchestration, and other data infrastructure through secure and reliable self-service experiences.
We are looking for an experienced software engineer who enjoys building platforms, solving infrastructure problems, and improving the experience of other developers. You will work on backend services, APIs, automation, and developer-facing capabilities that make DataOS easier to use, operate, and scale.
This is a hands-on role with meaningful ownership of production systems and platform capabilities.
Responsibilities
Design, build, and operate backend services, APIs, and platform components.
Create abstractions that simplify access to compute, storage, orchestration, and tenant resources.
Build automation for provisioning, configuration, deployment, and operational recovery.
Improve platform reliability, observability, security, and cost efficiency.
Develop self-service workflows and tools for analytics and data teams.
Contribute to distributed systems supporting batch, streaming, and interactive workloads.
Partner with product managers, architects, data engineers, and platform users to deliver practical solutions.
Participate in design reviews, code reviews, documentation, and on-call support.
Take ownership of capabilities from design through production operation.
Minimum Qualifications
5 or more years of professional software engineering experience.
Strong programming skills in Go, Java, Python, or a similar language.
Experience building backend services, APIs, microservices, or distributed systems.
Experience working with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS.
Familiarity with automated testing, CI/CD, containers, and production operations.
Ability to independently deliver and operate moderately complex technical capabilities.
Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience building data platforms, infrastructure platforms, or internal developer tools.
Experience with Kubernetes or infrastructure-as-code technologies.
Experience with technologies such as Kafka, Flink, Spark, Trino, EMR, Airflow, or Temporal.
Experience with observability, service-level objectives, or production reliability.
Experience improving infrastructure automation, security, or cloud cost efficiency.
Familiarity with building simple user interfaces or developer portals.
Who You Are
You enjoy building reusable solutions that help other teams move faster.
You are comfortable working through ambiguity and learning new technologies.
You care about clean APIs, reliable systems, and thoughtful automation.
You balance delivering value with building maintainable systems.
You take responsibility for the systems you build and operate.
You collaborate well and help raise the engineering quality of the team.
What Success Looks Like
Teams can complete common infrastructure workflows through clear self-service experiences.
Platform services become easier to operate, understand, and trust.
Manual work and recurring support requests decrease through automation.
Reliability, security, and cost visibility improve over time.
You independently own and improve meaningful areas of the DataOS platform.
Learn More
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 $107,000 and $157,300. 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.Belonging
We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/global-belonging
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Skills Required
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong programming skills in Go, Java, or Python
- Experience designing and building distributed systems or microservices architectures
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
- Experience building and consuming APIs (REST, GraphQL, event-driven)
- Strong understanding of CI/CD, containerization, and cloud native infrastructure
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Autodesk Insights
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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