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# Principal Software Engineer

- **Company:** BINGHAMTOM UNIVERSITY
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), ReactJS, Restful APIs, Autodesk Autocad, Microservices
- **Published:** August 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.themuse.com/jobs/autodesk/principal-software-engineer-node-backend-aws?utm_source=uconnect

## About the Role

* BS in computer science or related technical field (MS in Computer Science or a related degree is preferred)
 * Over 10+ years of professional experience developing scalable, distributed applications
 * Part of a large, distributed team with significant responsibility
 * Strong experience leading team of 3+ software engineers on projects
 * Strong experience in languages like NodeJS
 * Strong ability to define system architecture and deliver both high-level and detailed low-level design with clarity and scalability in mind
 * Strong problem-solving skills
 * Strong knowledge of AWS, databases and cloud architectures
 * Experience designing and building RESTful APIs using Microservices architecture
 * Strong experience with building cloud-based API platforms or backend systems
 * Strong experience and understanding of working on Agile processes like SCRUM
 * Strong leadership, communication skills, and ability to influence without authority

Preferred Qualifications

 * Deep experience in scalable services including Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon DynamoDB, SQS and S3
 * Experience in React and JavaScript

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## Description

Autodesk is seeking a motivated, experienced, and skilled engineer to join our Autodesk construction cloud. You'll be responsible for building a full-stack application that is resilient, scalable, and highly available. As an ideal candidate, you'll have led teams developing modern web experiences with cloud services in a fast-paced, agile environment., * Lead, design and develop high quality, secure, performant applications

 * Provide project and team leadership to break down, estimate, and organize work
 * Participate in agile ceremonies of scrum team
 * Work closely with product manager and team to understand and elaborate requirements
 * Provide guidance to own team and others on software development best practices
 * Work with team to troubleshoot code level problems quickly and efficiently
 * Identify risk and propose mitigation strategies associated with the design
 * Participate in code reviews to ensure new code conforms to highest standards
 * Interact with internal and external customers to identify and resolve product defects
 * Mentor and develop junior developers
 * Respond on a rotation basis to escalated incidents after hours or on weekends to ensure 24/7 availability of our platform


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