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# Principal Software Developer

- **Company:** BINGHAMTOM UNIVERSITY
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $131,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Circleci, Snowflake, Cloudformation, Gitlab-ci, Terraform, Autodesk Autocad, Jenkins, Static Application Security Testing
- **Published:** August 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.themuse.com/jobs/autodesk/principal-software-developer-7b4db3?utm_source=uconnect

## About the Role

* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
 * 8+ years of experience in software engineering with strong experience building backend or platform systems
 * Experience designing and developing scalable distributed systems or data platforms
 * Deep expertise in AWS, including IAM, KMS, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, networking security, encryption, and secure cloud architecture
 * Strong proficiency in Python and experience building microservice architectures
 * Experience integrating AI-enabled platform capabilities or services to support analytics, automation, or operational insights
 * Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI
 * Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or CloudFormation
 * Experience integrating security controls into engineering workflows, including CI/CD security automation (SAST, SCA, IaC scanning)
 * Experience with Snowflake or similar cloud data warehousing platforms
 * Proven ability to design and implement scalable, reliable platform services
 * Excellent problem-solving, debugging, collaboration, and communication skills
 * Experience working within Agile/Scrum development environments

## Description

Autodesk is seeking a highly skilled Principal Software Developer to join our Trust Data Platform team. In this role, you will design, build, and evolve scalable, secure data platform services that support monitoring, analytics, and operational insights across the organization.

You will collaborate with product, architecture, engineering, and security teams to deliver reliable cloud-native systems while promoting secure engineering practices and high-quality software development. You will also help enable AI-driven insights and automation capabilities within the platform to improve observability and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

 * Lead the design and development of scalable, secure data platform services while shaping the technical roadmap and addressing technical debt
 * Collaborate with product, architecture, and engineering teams to translate requirements into high-quality software solutions
 * Build and maintain platform systems supporting monitoring, observability, anomaly detection, and compliance reporting
 * Develop cloud-native microservices and APIs that enable scalable data processing and analytics workloads
 * Integrate AI-enabled capabilities within the platform to enhance operational insights, anomaly detection, and system observability
 * Deliver software using Agile development practices, promoting open and inner-source collaboration
 * Improve engineering processes through secure coding practices, code quality standards, and system design improvements
 * Review and improve SDLC processes to address vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and platform security risks
 * Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in cloud platforms and secure software development
 * Communicate progress, risks, and technical decisions clearly with stakeholders and engineering teams


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