Senior Software Applications Engineer
Required skills
- backend services
- APIs
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- AWS
- RESTful APIs
- HTTP
- API contracts
- service-oriented architectures
Nice to have
- GraphQL APIs
- AWS Lambda
- Amazon API Gateway
- serverless application patterns
- MongoDB
- MySQL
Role summary
Autodesk is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its Data Experience organization. This individual contributor role focuses on designing, developing, and maintaining secure, reliable backend services and APIs that connect various Autodesk applications, internal platforms, and external services. Responsibilities include owning features from requirements to production support, collaborating with cross-functional teams, mentoring engineers, and applying architectural standards. Key technologies include JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS, with an emphasis on RESTful APIs, databases, CI/CD, authentication, and automated testing. The role requires 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
Job Requisition ID #
26WD101503Position Overview
As a Senior Software Engineer supporting Autodesk’s Data Experience organization, you will design, develop, and maintain secure, reliable backend services and APIs that connect Autodesk applications, internal platforms, and external services.
This hands-on individual contributor role owns assigned services and features from requirements and design through testing, deployment, and production support. You will collaborate with engineering, product, and cross-functional partners to deliver scalable integrations, contribute to technical decisions within the team, and mentor other engineers while applying established architecture and engineering standards.
Responsibilities
- Own the delivery of assigned backend services and API features, translating business and technical requirements into designs, implementation plans, and incremental releases
- Design, develop, and maintain APIs and backend services using JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS, following established architectural patterns and security practices
- Integrate internal applications, enterprise systems, and third-party services to enable reliable data exchange
- Evaluate design trade-offs and collaborate with principal engineers, architects, and peers on solutions that balance scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainability
- Develop automated unit and integration tests, participate in design and code reviews, and document API contracts, technical decisions, and operational procedures
- Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines to support repeatable builds, automated testing, and reliable deployments
- Monitor service health, investigate production issues, identify root causes, and implement improvements to performance, availability, and observability
- Mentor less-experienced engineers, share knowledge, and contribute to improvements in team engineering practices
- Collaborate with product and delivery partners to estimate work, identify dependencies and risks, and deliver prioritized outcomes through Agile development practices
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with an emphasis on backend services and API development
- Professional experience developing production software with JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js
- Experience designing, developing, and maintaining RESTful APIs, with an understanding of HTTP, API contracts, and service-oriented or microservices architectures
- Experience implementing authentication and authorization using technologies and patterns such as OAuth and JWT
- Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases, including data modeling and query design
- Experience deploying and supporting backend applications or services on AWS
- Experience developing automated tests and working with CI/CD pipelines
- Ability to independently deliver assigned features, explain design trade-offs, troubleshoot technical issues, and apply software engineering and security best practices
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, including experience working with technical and non-technical partners in an Agile environment
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience designing and developing GraphQL APIs
- Hands-on experience with AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, and serverless application patterns
- Experience with MongoDB and MySQL
- Experience using Swagger/OpenAPI, Postman, Apigee, or similar API documentation, testing, or management tools
- Experience with testing frameworks such as Jest, Jasmine, or Mocha, and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS CodePipeline
- Experience improving distributed-service reliability and observability through logging, metrics, tracing, and performance analysis
- Experience integrating complex enterprise systems and mentoring engineers through implementation and code reviews
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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!
Benefits
From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting
Salary transparency
Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $105,000 and $187,550. 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.Equal Employment Opportunity
At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
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Sample Autodesk interview questions
- 1
Design a distributed rate limiter.
system designmedium - 2
Outline the components of a distributed A/B testing system that ensures statistical validity and prevents experiment collision.
system designmedium - 3
Reverse Nodes in k-Group Reverse nodes in k-group in a linked list. Input: head = [1,2,3,4,5], k = 3 Output: [3,2,1,4,5] Explanation: The first 3 elements are reversed, while the remaining 2 are left untouched since they don't form a complete group.
codingmedium - 4
Find all buildings that have an ocean view. Input: heights = [1,2,3,4] Output: [3] Explanation: Since the ocean is to the right, only the rightmost tallest building (index 3) is not blocked by any others.
codingmedium - 5
Determine the number of valid ways to decode a string of digits. Input: s = "10" Output: 1 Explanation: The string can only be decoded one single way, as the sequence '10' maps exclusively to the letter 'J'.
codingmedium
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