Principal Engineer (Search, Java, AWS)

Role Overview

We are looking for a Principal Engineer for Search Infrastructure within Autodesk Platform Services. In this role, you will help to build modern and scalable Search Platform that powers the search experiences across Autodesk’s Industry Clouds – Fusion, Forma and Flow.

What You Will Do

Lead the design, development and operations of highly scalable, distributed, data intensive micro-services, champion adopting industry best practices, partner with Software Architects, Product Managers and Engineering Managers to design technical solutions, help to meet SLAs of large-scale micro-services, lead detection, recovery and postmortems of production incidents, help to hire, mentor Engineers, perform thorough design and code reviews.

Why It Might Be a Fit

Strong communicator, team-player, result-focused passion to deliver an overall solution, perpetual learning, always ready for a new challenge.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of experience in building and running large scale systems
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and data management
• Exposure to Information Retrieval with hands on experience in Lucene/ElasticSearch/OpenSearch
• Thorough knowledge of multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing concepts
• Exceptional proficiency in Java or similar programming language
• Expertise in Cloud Infrastructure platforms such as AWS
• Thorough understanding of database systems (e.g. MySQL, DynamoDB) including scalability, performance, and consistency characteristics
• Expertise with modern technology stacks, API design, microservices, stream processing and designing for resilience and operational excellence

Benefits

• annual cash bonuses
• commissions for sales roles
• stock grants
• comprehensive benefits package