Principal Engineer

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Position Overview

Are you a visionary backend developer ready to lead innovation in cloud-based data management Join our Fusion Data team as a Principal Engineer and help architect the next generation of Autodesk Fusion - acutting-edgeCAD ecosystem trusted by millions worldwide.Be part of a team pushing the boundaries of cloud infrastructure for Autodesk Fusion. As a Principal Engineer, yourexpertisewill shape our platform's scalability, reliability, and innovation. Ready to lead transformative initiatives Apply today and help build the cloud foundation of the future.

Join Us!

Be part of a team pushing the boundaries of cloud infrastructure for Autodesk Fusion. As a Principal Engineer, yourexpertisewill shape our platform's scalability, reliability, and innovation. Ready to lead transformative initiatives Apply today and help build the cloud foundation of the future.

WhyYou'llLove This Role

• Drive HighImpact Initiatives:Lead strategic DevOps and infrastructure programs that enable scale, performance, and reliability across global engineering teams.

• Architect Modern AWS Infrastructure:Design secure, automated, multiaccount AWS environments that support missioncritical services.

• Solve Deep Infrastructure Challenges:Tackle complex problems in networking,compute, storage, observability, and security for large distributed systems.

• Champion Operational Excellence:Define standards, best practices, and governance models that elevate service quality and developer velocity.

• Collaborate Across Boundaries:Work closely with engineering, SRE, security, product, and platform teams to deliver seamless and resilient infrastructure solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and guide DevOps/SRE teams responsible for cloud infrastructure and platform services

• Architect, automate, and evolve multiaccount AWS environments including VPC design, IAM governance, networking, and crossaccount communication

• Build andoptimizeinfrastructure automation usingIaC(Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK)

• Design robust, resilient, and scalable CI/CD systems to support diverse microservice teams

• Manage andoptimizedatabases (MySQL, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Aurora) for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency

• Establish best practices for observability-metrics, logs, tracing, alerting, and performance insights

• Troubleshoot complex distributedsystem issues across layers (network, service mesh, API gateways, storage, compute)

• Partner with engineering leaders to scope, propose, and drive large, highvisibility infrastructure initiatives

• Ensure compliance, security, and audit readiness of the AWS environment at scale

• Enable smooth crossteam integrations by defining standards for service communication, networking, and deployment architecture

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience

• 10+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or cloud infrastructure roles managing production services at scale

• Deepexpertisein AWS infrastructure (ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFront, VPC, Transit Gateway, Route53, S3, IAM, SQS, SNS)

• Handson experience designing and managing large multiaccount AWS organizations using bestpractice governance models.

• Strong knowledge of networking fundamentals (VPCs, subnets, peering, VPN, load balancing, servicetoservice communication)

• Proven skills in database management and performance optimization (MySQL, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Aurora)

• Mastery of infrastructureascode and automation tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK)

• Robust experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, orchestration, and build systems (Docker, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc)

• Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud, network,compute, and application layers

• Excellent communication, crossfunctional collaboration, and leadership in fastpaced environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing highly secure cloud environments with leastprivilege IAM, encryption, auditing, and compliance guardrails

• Handson knowledge of service meshes, API gateways, or highscale microservices infrastructure

• Familiarity with Python, Go, or scripting languages for automation and tooling

• Experience with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch,OpenTelemetry)

• Prior work on infrastructure platforms supporting developer selfservice

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