Principal Engineer
Autodesk · Bengaluru · 10+ yrs experience · Posted 2026-07-18
Tech stack: AWS, Docker, Elasticsearch, Java, JavaScript, Jenkins, MySQL, Python, React, Redis, Scala, Spring Boot
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About the role
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.
Roles & Responsibilities
Lead with Impact:
Mentor a talented Scrum team, guiding the development of foundational microservices that power Fusion’s data platform
Solve Complex Challenges:
Tackle technical puzzles, troubleshoot issues, and drive solutions that scale across global products like AutoCAD, Inventor,
Fusion
and Revit
Architect for Excellence:
Design and implement robust, efficient backend systems using best practices and modern development guidelines
Innovate Continuously:
Research, prototype, and introduce
new technologies
and patterns to keep our platform ahead of the curve
Collaborate Across Teams:
Work closely with product owners, scrum masters, and cross-functional teams to deliver seamless, high-quality features
What
You’ll
Do
Lead and mentor a Scrum team
maintaining
multiple microservices
Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues
Architect, design, and implement clean, scalable code
Ensure performance,
resilienc
y, and
scala
bility of backend systems
Develop and
maintain
robust test automation
Collaborate to analyze requirements and deliver impactful solutions
Research and implement
new ideas
and technologies
Deliver results that delight
both internal and external client
s and drive customer satisfaction
Integrate features across diverse teams and
Platform
technologies
Responsibilities:
- Lead with Impact:
- Mentor a talented Scrum team, guiding the development of foundational microservices that power Fusion’s data platform
- Solve Complex Challenges:
- Tackle technical puzzles, troubleshoot issues, and drive solutions that scale across global products like AutoCAD, Inventor,
- and Revit
- Architect for Excellence:
- Design and implement robust, efficient backend systems using best practices and modern development guidelines
- Innovate Continuously:
- Research, prototype, and introduce
- new technologies
- and patterns to keep our platform ahead of the curve
- Collaborate Across Teams:
- Work closely with product owners, scrum masters, and cross-functional teams to deliver seamless, high-quality features
- Lead and mentor a Scrum team
- maintaining
- multiple microservices
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues
- Architect, design, and implement clean, scalable code
- Ensure performance,
- resilienc
- bility of backend systems
- Develop and
- maintain
- robust test automation
- Collaborate to analyze
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of hands-on experience with
- large scale
- commercial cloud services and applications
- Proven leadership in critical projects and fast-paced environments
- Advanced Java programming skills (Spring, Jersey, Spring Boot)
- Expertise
- in large-scale microservices, caching (Redis), distributed tracing,
- eventing
- (Kinesis), and scaling
- Mastery of RESTful web services, relational and NoSQL databases (MySQL, DynamoDB)
- Experience with unit and automation testing (JUnit, Cucumber, JMeter)
- Deep knowledge of software design patterns, distributed systems, resiliency, and security
- Strong troubleshooting and remote debugging skills
- Familiarity with build and CI/CD tools (Ant, Gradle, Docker, Jenkins) and version control (Git)
- Excellent communication and adaptability across time zones
- Experience with AWS stack (ECS, Lambda, Batch, Step Function, API Gateway, CloudFront, S3, SQS)
- Familiarity with Python, Groovy, and JavaScript frameworks (AngularJS, React.js, Redux)
- Agile development experience
- Knowledge of search technologies (Lucene, Elasticsearch)
- Experience with Jira and Wiki
- Join Us!
- Be part of an innovative team pushing the boundaries of
- possible with Autodesk Fusion 360. As
- Principal
- Engineer, your
- expertise
- will shape our technology and drive the success of our projects. Ready to make an impact? Apply today
- and help
- us build the future of design and engineering.
- Experience with AWS stack (ECS, Lambda, Batch, Step Function, API Gateway, CloudFront, S3, SQS)
- Familiarity with Python, Groovy, and JavaScript frameworks (AngularJS, React.js, Redux)
- Agile development experience
- Knowledge of search technologies (Lucene, Elasticsearch)
- Experience with Jira and Wiki
- Join Us!
- Be part of an innovative team pushing the boundaries of
- possible with Autodesk Fusion 360. As
- Principal
- Engineer, your
- expertise
- will shape our technology and drive the success of our projects. Ready to make an impact? Apply today
- and help
- us build the future of design and engineering.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of hands-on experience with large scale commercial cloud services and applications
- Proven leadership in critical projects and fast-paced environments
- Advanced Java programming skills (Spring, Jersey, Spring Boot)
- Expertise in large-scale microservices, caching (Redis), distributed tracing eventing
- (Kinesis), and scaling
- Mastery of RESTful web services, relational and NoSQL databases (MySQL, DynamoDB)
- Experience with unit and automation testing (JUnit, Cucumber, JMeter)
- Deep knowledge of software design patterns, distributed systems, resiliency, and security
- Strong troubleshooting and remote debugging skills
- Familiarity with build and CI/CD tools (Ant, Gradle, Docker, Jenkins) and version control (Git)
- Excellent communication and adaptability across time zones
- Experience with AWS stack (ECS, Lambda, Batch, Step Function, API Gateway, CloudFront, S3, SQS)
- Familiarity with Python, Groovy, and JavaScript frameworks (AngularJS, React.js, Redux)
- Agile development experience
- Knowledge of search technologies (Lucene, Elasticsearch)
- Experience with Jira and Wiki Join Us!
- Be part of an innovative team pushing the boundaries of possible with Autodesk Fusion 360.
- As Principal Engineer, your expertise will shape our technology and drive the success of our projects.
- Ready to make an impact?
- Apply today and help us build the future of design and engineering.
Responsibilities
- Lead with Impact:
- Mentor a talented Scrum team, guiding the development of foundational microservices that power Fusion’s data platform
- Solve Complex Challenges:
- Tackle technical puzzles, troubleshoot issues, and drive solutions that scale across global products like AutoCAD, Inventor and Revit
- Architect for Excellence:
- Design and implement robust, efficient backend systems using best practices and modern development guidelines Innovate Continuously:
- Research, prototype, and introduce new technologies and patterns to keep our platform ahead of the curve
- Collaborate Across Teams:
- Work closely with product owners, scrum masters, and cross-functional teams to deliver seamless, high-quality features
- Lead and mentor a Scrum team maintaining multiple microservices
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues
- Architect, design, and implement clean, scalable code Ensure performance resilienc bility of backend systems
- Develop and maintain robust test automation
- Collaborate to analyze