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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 - a cutting-edge CAD ecosystem trusted by millions worldwide.  Be part of a team pushing the boundaries of cloud infrastructure for Autodesk Fusion. As a Principal Engineer, your expertise will shape our platformâs scalability, reliability, and innovation. Ready to lead transformative initiatives? Apply today and help build the cloud foundation of the future.Â
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Be part of a team pushing the boundaries of cloud infrastructure for Autodesk Fusion. As a Principal Engineer, your expertise will shape our platformâs scalability, reliability, and innovation. Ready to lead transformative initiatives? Apply today and help build the cloud foundation of the future.Â
Why Youâll Love This RoleÂ
Drive HighâImpact Initiatives:Â Lead strategic DevOps and infrastructure programs that enable scale, performance, and reliability across global engineering teams.Â
Architect Modern AWS Infrastructure:Â Design secure, automated, multiâaccount AWS environments that support missionâcritical services.Â
Solve Deep Infrastructure Challenges: Tackle complex problems in networking, compute, storage, observability, and security for large distributed systems.Â
Champion Operational Excellence:Â Define standards, best practices, and governance models that elevate service quality and developer velocity.Â
Collaborate Across Boundaries:Â Work closely with engineering, SRE, security, product, and platform teams to deliver seamless and resilient infrastructure solutions.Â
Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and guide DevOps/SRE teams responsible for cloud infrastructure and platform services
Architect, automate, and evolve multiâaccount AWS environments including VPC design, IAM governance, networking, and crossâaccount communication
Build and optimize infrastructure automation using IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK)
Design robust, resilient, and scalable CI/CD systems to support diverse microservice teams
Manage and optimize databases (MySQL, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Aurora) for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency
Establish best practices for observabilityâmetrics, logs, tracing, alerting, and performance insights
Troubleshoot complex distributedâsystem issues across layers (network, service mesh, API gateways, storage, compute)
Partner with engineering leaders to scope, propose, and drive large, highâvisibility infrastructure initiatives
Ensure compliance, security, and audit readiness of the AWS environment at scale
Enable smooth crossâteam integrations by defining standards for service communication, networking, and deployment architecture
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelorâs 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
Deep expertise in AWS infrastructure (ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFront, VPC, Transit Gateway, Route53, S3, IAM, SQS, SNS)
Handsâon experience designing and managing large multiâaccount AWS organizations using bestâpractice governance models.Â
Strong knowledge of networking fundamentals (VPCs, subnets, peering, VPN, load balancing, serviceâtoâservice communication)
Proven skills in database management and performance optimization (MySQL, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Aurora)
Mastery of infrastructureâasâcode 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, crossâfunctional collaboration, and leadership in fastâpaced environments
 Preferred Qualifications
Experience designing highly secure cloud environments with leastâprivilege IAM, encryption, auditing, and compliance guardrails
Handsâon knowledge of service meshes, API gateways, or highâscale 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 selfâservice
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