Senior Software Developer Manager

Posted 9 Days Ago
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6 Locations
In-Office or Remote
156K-229K Annually
Senior level
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
Lead multiple cloud engineering teams to deliver scalable, cloud-native platform services for asset management and workflow orchestration, ensuring performance and reliability.
Summary Generated by Built In

Job Requisition ID #

26WD97874

Autodesk is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to strengthen leadership across our Asset Management and Flow Platform, powering cloud-based workflows used in media, entertainment, and design production pipelines.

You will lead multiple engineering teams to deliver scalable, cloud-native platform services that manage digital assets and orchestrate complex workflows across production environments. This role combines technical depth, execution excellence, and cross-team leadership to drive platform evolution at scale.

What You’ll Do

Lead High-Impact Engineering Teams

  • Manage and grow multiple cloud engineering teams, fostering a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous improvement

  • Set clear priorities and drive execution across interconnected platform domains

Drive Cloud Platform Strategy & Delivery

  • Deliver highly scalable, resilient services for asset management and workflow orchestration

  • Partner with Product and Architecture to define roadmaps aligned with customer and business needs

  • Ensure systems are designed for performance, reliability, and global scale

Champion Modern Cloud Engineering

  • Lead adoption of cloud-native architectures (microservices, event-driven systems, APIs)

  • Drive best practices in CI/CD, observability, security, and SRE principles

  • Guide teams in leveraging AWS, Azure, or GCP ecosystems effectively

Enable Production-Ready Systems

  • Build platforms that support real-world production environments, including high-throughput, latency-sensitive workflows

  • Ensure strong operational readiness, incident management, and service reliability

Collaborate & Influence

  • Work closely with cross-functional teams across platforms, applications, and studios/customers

  • Influence technical decisions across teams and contribute to broader platform direction

Minimum Qualifications
  • 10+ years in software engineering, including people management experience

  • Proven experience leading multiple engineering teams

  • Strong background in cloud platforms and distributed systems

  • Experience delivering production-grade systems at scale

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience in Media & Entertainment (M&E) or similar production environments (e.g., VFX, animation, gaming pipelines)

  • Familiarity with asset management systems, content pipelines, or workflow orchestration platforms

  • Hands-on experience with cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and modern DevOps practices

  • Strong understanding of data-intensive systems and storage solutions

Why Autodesk

Join a team building the platforms behind the world’s most creative industries—from film and TV to game development and design. You’ll help shape systems that enable teams to create, manage, and deliver content at global scale.

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 $156,000 and $228,800. 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.

Diversity & Belonging
We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-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 in software engineering
  • People management experience
  • Proven experience leading multiple engineering teams
  • Strong background in cloud platforms and distributed systems
  • Experience delivering production-grade systems at scale

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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