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Position Overview
Autodesk is looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing engineering team within the Growth Experience Technology (GET) organization. The team builds and operates customer-facing digital experience and commerce platforms that support key customer journeys across discovery, evaluation, purchase, account management, and support.
In this role, you will lead, hire, nurture, and grow a team of talented engineers while staying close to technology. You will provide technical direction, review designs, guide delivery, develop proof of concepts when needed, and collaborate closely with Architects, Product Managers, Program Managers, and cross-functional engineering teams. We are looking for a hands-on, technology-forward engineering leader who embraces AI-assisted development, modern engineering practices, and technology disruption. The ideal candidate is creative, innovative, curious, and motivated to go above and beyond to deliver meaningful customer and business impact.
Responsibilities
People Leadership and Team Building
Lead, mentor, hire, nurture, and develop a team of high-performing software engineers
Build an inclusive, collaborative, ownership-driven engineering culture focused on accountability and continuous learning
Manage performance, career development, coaching, onboarding, and team growth
Create clarity around team priorities, roles, responsibilities, expectations, and success measures
Delivery and Execution
Drive delivery planning and execution across quarterly and multi-quarter initiatives
Collaborate with Product, Program, Architecture, Design, and other engineering teams to translate business goals into technical execution plans
Manage dependencies, risks, priorities, and trade-offs while communicating progress clearly to stakeholders
Remove technical, organizational, and process blockers to help teams deliver high-quality software predictably
Technical Leadership and Engineering Excellence
Provide technical guidance for applications and services built using JavaScript, React, Node.js, Express, databases, AWS, and serverless technologies
Participate in architecture discussions, design reviews, code reviews, and technical decision-making
Partner with architects and senior engineers to ensure scalable, maintainable, reliable, and secure system design
Promote strong engineering practices including automated testing, CI/CD, secure coding, observability, operational excellence, and production readiness
Support and improve build, deployment, and release processes using Jenkins and modern CI/CD pipelines
Innovation and AI Adoption
Develop or guide proof of concepts to validate new ideas, technologies, and architectural approaches
Champion responsible adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices, coding assistants, automation tools, and LLM-based development workflows
Encourage practical use of tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and similar AI-assisted coding platforms
Identify opportunities to use AI to improve engineering velocity, code quality, testing, documentation, debugging, and operational efficiency
Foster creative and innovative thinking, encouraging the team to go beyond basic execution and continuously improve
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
10+ years of software engineering experience, including hands-on development and production software delivery
2-4 years of experience in engineering leadership, people management, or technical team leadership
Experience hiring, mentoring, nurturing, and developing high-performing engineering teams
Strong hands-on background in JavaScript, React, Node.js, Express or similar modern web application development
Experience working with databases and designing data-driven applications
Experience with AWS cloud services and exposure to serverless architectures
Experience with CI/CD practices and tools such as Jenkins, Argo CD
Strong understanding of software design, code quality, design reviews, code reviews, and engineering best practices
Experience collaborating with Architects, Product Managers, Program Managers, and cross-functional engineering teams
Ability to manage delivery, priorities, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder expectations
Strong communication, problem-solving, decision-making, and execution skills
Preferred Qualifications
Experience building customer-facing commerce, digital experience, SaaS, or enterprise web platforms
Experience designing and operating scalable, reliable, and secure cloud-native applications
Hands-on experience developing proof of concepts and evaluating new technologies
Familiarity with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, CloudFront, ECS, or similar AWS services
Experience with automated testing frameworks and quality engineering practices
Experience with GitOps and deployment tools such as Argo CD
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration platforms such as Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, or EKS
Experience improving developer productivity through automated build, test, security scan, and deployment pipelines
Exposure to infrastructure-as-code or cloud automation tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK
Experience with observability, monitoring, logging, incident response, and production support
Strong enthusiasm for AI, emerging technologies, and modern software development practices
Hands-on experience using AI-assisted coding tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar platforms
Experience advocating for responsible AI adoption within engineering teams
Ability to balance technical depth, people leadership, delivery execution, and business impact
Creative and innovative mindset with a willingness to challenge the status quo and help teams go above and beyond
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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. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location. 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
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including hands-on development and production software delivery
- 2-4 years of experience in engineering leadership or technical team leadership
- Strong hands-on background in JavaScript, React, Node.js, Express or similar modern web application development
- Experience with CI/CD practices and tools such as Jenkins, Argo CD
- Strong understanding of software design, code quality, design reviews, code reviews, and engineering best practices
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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