Principal Software Developer (Back End)

Experience: Not Available to Not Available years

Location: Toronto, ON, Canada

Skills: Python, Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, RabbitMQ, OpenAPI, Swagger, Alembic, OpenTelemetry, Docker, Docker Compose, CI/CD, LaunchDarkly, AWS Secrets Manager, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Spinnaker, Poetry, pytest, Black, Ruff, MyPy, OpenAI APIs

Position Overview
We are seeking a Principal Backend Software Developer to join our team working on Autodesk Construction Cloud Assets — a flagship product in Autodesk’s enterprise construction suite. Autodesk Construction Cloud is a connected construction management platform that empowers teams to collaborate, automate workflows, and make data-driven decisions across the entire project lifecycle. Assets, specifically, provides robust construction asset and equipment tracking, customizable workflows, and integrated field collaboration tools that help teams manage physical assets from specification through acceptance and handover. In this role, you will be responsible for building, scaling, and maintaining frontend applications that power one of the most impactful products in the AEC industry, delivering mission-critical experiences for construction professionals around the world. You will have the opportunity to influence architecture, improve frontend quality and performance, and mentor other developers as we elevate the way construction teams manage assets and equipment across global projects.

Responsibilities
• Architect, design, and evolve RESTful APIs and backend services using Node.js (Express) and Python (Flask) in high-scale, global environments
• Lead the development of scalable, resilient backend systems leveraging PostgreSQL, Redis, and cloud-native services
• Design and optimize asynchronous processing pipelines using AWS SQS/SNS and RabbitMQ
• Define and drive technical design discussions, ensuring systems are reliable, observable, and maintainable
• Establish best practices for clean, well-tested code, including comprehensive unit and integration testing strategies
• Collaborate cross-functionally to design and deliver features supporting asset creation, submission workflows, reporting, and field data management
• Guide database schema design and oversee migration strategies (e.g., Alembic)




• Improve system observability through instrumentation (OpenTelemetry), monitoring, and operational excellence practices
• Participate in and elevate code reviews, architectural reviews, and long-term technical planning
• Support production systems, contribute to incident response, and help mature operational processes
• Mentor developers and provide architectural leadership across the team

Minimum Qualifications
• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with deep expertise in backend and distributed systems
• Demonstrated experience architecting, scaling, and evolving production-grade services with high reliability and availability requirements
• Expert-level proficiency in Python (3.x) and modern Python development practices
• Strong production experience with Node.js and TypeScript, including strict typing in complex service architectures
• Extensive experience designing, building, and governing RESTful APIs using OpenAPI/Swagger and contract-driven development
• Deep experience with PostgreSQL, including schema design, performance optimization, and migration strategies
• Proven expertise in event-driven and message-based architectures (e.g., AWS SQS/SNS, Redis, RabbitMQ), including reliability patterns such as idempotency, retries, backoff, and failure handling
• Strong implementation experience with observability at scale, including distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry), metrics instrumentation, structured logging, and production diagnostics
• Experience designing and operating containerized workloads (Docker, Docker Compose) in production environments
• Solid understanding of distributed systems principles, microservices architecture, scalability patterns, and data consistency trade-offs
• Experience driving engineering standards across teams, including testing strategy, CI/CD practices, feature flag governance, and secrets management (e.g., LaunchDarkly, AWS Secrets Manager)
• Demonstrated ability to lead architectural decisions,



influence cross-team technical direction, and mentor senior developers
• Proficiency with Git-based collaborative development in large codebases

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with Kubernetes orchestration and modern deployment strategies (e.g., blue/green, canary, progressive delivery)
• Experience designing multi-region architectures and supporting data residency requirements
• Experience defining API versioning strategies and maintaining backward compatibility
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Spinnaker)
• Familiarity with Python tooling such as Poetry, pytest, Black, Ruff, and MyPy
• Experience integrating AI/ML services (e.g., OpenAI APIs) into production systems
• Domain expertise in construction industry software or B2B SaaS platforms

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-BC 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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