senior Software Engineer ic · Posted May 18, 2026
$117,000 – $209,330
USD per year

About this role

Autodesk is hiring a senior-level Software Engineer based in San Francisco, CA. The posting calls out experience with Python, Java, GraphQL, AWS. Compensation is listed at $117,000–$209,330 per year.

Role
Software Engineer
Function
software engineering
Level
senior
Track
Individual contributor
Employment
Full-time
Location
San Francisco, CA
Posted
May 18, 2026

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Job description

from Autodesk careers

Job Requisition ID #

26WD97797

Position Overview 

Autodesk’s Data Platform is building the next generation of data infrastructure — AI native, scalable and developer-friendly systems that power analytics, AI, real-time insights, and customer-facing experiences across Autodesk. To power this vision, we are hiring software engineers who build platforms. 

You are someone who learns quickly, moves decisively, and takes ownership of complex systems. You enjoy solving hard distributed systems problems, writing production-grade code, automating everything, and turning ambiguity into scalable architecture. 

You will design and build APIs, streaming systems, control planes, automation frameworks, and developer-facing platform capabilities that enable thousands of engineers and data practitioners across Autodesk. This is a high-impact engineering role with real architectural ownership. 

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop scalable APIs and microservices (REST, GraphQL, event-driven) 

  • Build backend services using modern languages such as Go, Java, or Python 

  • Develop full-stack capabilities when needed (React, micro-frontends) to enable platform usability 

  • Architect and implement distributed systems that process millions of records across batch and real-time pipelines 

  • Build and evolve streaming and ingestion systems using Kafka and Flink 

  • Develop control-plane services for orchestration, workflow management, and metadata-driven automation 

  • Design self-service infrastructure abstractions for storage, compute, and workflow provisioning 

  • Build highly available, fault-tolerant distributed systems 

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