Software Architect

Position Overview:

Autodesk AEC Construction's Docs team is seeking an experienced and driven Software Architect. In this strategic role, you will design and build architecture solutions, recommend improvements, and lead the transformation of how traditional industry interacts with data.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the software architecture and system design of highly scalable, resilient, and performant solutions and platform capabilities

• Identify and analyze requirements to meet product and engineering needs

• Partner closely with PM, engineering teams, and other product teams to define and communicate the strategic technical roadmap

• Design, document, and support the implementation of complex system architectures and solutions

• Provide technical leadership by creating and reviewing high-quality architecture designs, offering technical solutions, and leading technical discussions

• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs and product requirements into well-documented engineering solutions

• Serve as a role model for applying software development best practices

• Understand the business domain, including challenges, customer pain points, needs, and the competitive landscape

• Mentor tech leads and senior developers, providing guidance and creating positive collaboration

Minimum Qualifications:

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in designing and developing high-performance, resilient systems

• Experience developing solutions for high traffic, high concurrency, and complex business use cases

• Proficiency in backend software development technologies and frameworks, including NodeJS and Java. Familiarity with AWS

• Thorough understanding of distributed systems concepts and scalability, reliability, and security challenges

• Experience with cloud services, database architecture, big data tools, and frameworks

• Strong understanding of data management and data processing principles

• Systematic approach to solving complex problems

• Excellent verbal, written communication, and presentation abilities

• Ability to collaborate with global teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industry

• BS in Computer Science or a related field, an advanced degree in Computer Science is an asset

• Experience building SaaS platforms on cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, or Azure

• Contributions to open-source projects and/or research in large-scale data and distributed systems

• Deep knowledge of cloud service operations

• Experience building Data/ML pipelines

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