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Abidjan, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
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Position Overview
Welcome to Autodesk!
The world’s innovators, designers, engineers, builders, and creators trust Autodesk to help them design and make a better world for all. Autodesk’s Design and Make Platform empowers everyone, everywhere to design and make anything. From the buildings we live and work in, to the cars we drive and the bridges we drive over. From the products we use and technology we rely on, to the movies and games that inspire us. Everything around us is made using Autodesk software. Autodesk’s leading Design and Make Platform offers customers the technology to help them create the world around us, and the critical insights and data to deliver better outcomes for their business and the planet.
At Autodesk, we celebrate all the real-world problem solvers, creative rebels, and innovators who are driven to improve the reality around us. Because we don’t believe in waiting for progress; we believe in making it. When you’re an Autodesker, you can be your whole, authentic self and do meaningful work that helps build a better future for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!
We are looking for a Principal Engineer to own and deliver complex modules within our Search Infrastructure within Autodesk Platform Services. You will work with system architects, Sr principal engineers to build modern and scalable Search Platform that powers the search experiences across Autodesk’s Industry Clouds – Fusion, Forma and Flow, and solve demanding distributed systems and algorithmic problems.
Responsibilities
Lead the design, development and operations of highly scalable, distributed, data intensive micro-services
Champion adopting industry best practices to push the development standards within the team.
Partner with Software Architects, Product Managers and Engineering Managers to design technical solutions to drive business outcomes
Help to meet SLAs of large-scale micro-services with monitoring, troubleshooting and optimizing
Lead detection, recovery and postmortems of production incidents
Help to hire, mentor Engineers, help build fast-growing and high-performing teams
Perform thorough design and code reviews, drive best practices to clean and maintainable code
Minimum Qualifications
BS in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
Strong Computer Science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and data management
Thorough knowledge of multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing concepts
Exceptional proficiency in Java or Golang or similar programming language
10+ years of experience in building and running large scale systems
Thorough understanding of database systems (e.g. MySQL, DynamoDB) including scalability, performance, and consistency characteristics
Expertise with modern technology stacks, API design, microservices, stream processing and designing for resilience and operational excellence
Strong communicator. You enjoy synthesizing, simplifying, and articulating complex problems to other engineers
Expertise in Cloud Infrastructure platforms such as AWS.
Exposure to Information Retrieval with hands on experience in Lucene/ElasticSearch/OpenSearch
Preferred Qualifications
Exposure to Vector Databases and ML Infrastructure
Exposure to Knowledge Graph/ Graph Databases
Experience in monitoring and improving Reliability of a complex system at scale.
Aware of Security and Compliance challenges in Cloud products and/or platforms
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About Autodesk
Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.
We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.
When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!
Salary transparency
Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For Canada based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $131,000 and $191,400. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.Belonging
We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/global-belonging
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