Principal Full Stack Software Engineer

Position Overview

As a global leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software, Autodesk helps innovators imagine, design, and create a better world. We are accelerating the transformation of Design and Manufacturing with Fusion, delivering cloud-powered, end-to-end workflows that bring unprecedented value to our customers. This is an extraordinary moment to join us as we expand the Fusion platform and unify multiple world‑class technologies into a seamless cloud ecosystem.

We are seeking a passionate Principal Full‑Stack Software Engineer to join our Product Design and Manufacturing Solutions division. In this role, you will be part of a high‑impact, agile team and help drive the next generation of cloud features that support Fusion’s various workflows. You will contribute hands‑on technical expertise, guide architectural decisions, and drive backend‑leaning full‑stack development across services and UI integration points.

This position is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex engineering challenges, collaborating across disciplines, and providing technical leadership to deliver high‑quality, scalable software used by customers worldwide.

• Design and build scalable backend and full stack solutions and define service architecture including APIs and microservices.
• Deliver high‑quality code using best practices such as CI/CD, automated testing, infrastructure automation, and solid documentation.
• Provide technical leadership by guiding design decisions, reviewing code, mentoring engineers, and driving engineering excellence across the team.
• Collaborate with product managers, UX and QA engineers to deliver high‑quality features in an agile, iterative environment.
• Support the integration of backend services with frontend applications, making basic UI changes when needed and ensuring seamless end‑to‑end workflows.
• Identify risks and issues, propose mitigation strategies, and help remove technical blockers to help keep the team productive and aligned with delivery goals.
• Continuously evaluate and improve performance, stability, scalability, and extensibility of the system.
• Promote a culture of candor, technical curiosity, teamwork, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
• Stay current with modern backend, cloud, and web technologies, and expand technical breadth and depth as the platform evolves.

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 9+ years of professional software development experience, with strong expertise in backend engineering.
• Expertise in Java, Spring, and Spring Boot, including microservices, REST API design, dependency injection, testing, and performance tuning.
• Familiarity with React and modern JavaScript/Type Script, with the ability to implement basic UI changes when required.
• Basic understanding of Node.js, especially for API integration or tooling.
• Strong practical experience with AWS cloud services stack, such as Lambda, API Gateway, S3, AWS Secrets Manager, RDS/Dynamo
  
  DB/Aurora, ECS/EKS.
• Strong practical experience working with containers (Docker, K8s, etc.).
• Understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, and cloud‑native design patterns, OOPS Principles, SOLID principles.
• Experience with Git/Git Hub or other modern source control systems.

• Experience designing high‑scale, high‑availability cloud systems.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (such as Jenkins, Cloud Bees, Spinnaker, etc.).
• Understanding of Graph
  
  QL, Web Sockets, or event‑driven architectures.
• Awareness of AI‑assisted tooling (Git Hub Copilot, code generation tools).

• Hands‑on engineer with deep expertise in backend cloud development who enjoys mentoring others and driving technical clarity.
• Someone who has delivered complex backend or full‑stack systems end‑to‑end in production environments.
• Strong architectural thinking with the ability to balance long‑term vision with immediate needs.
• Comfortable working across backend, cloud, and light UI layers.
• Curious, open, and flexible to pick up new programming languages, tools, and design patterns as needed.
• A proactive problem solver who thrives in collaborative,…