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Join Autodesk and the Forma Design team as a Principal Software Engineer. In this role, you’ll stay deeply hands-on while shaping technical direction across teams. You’ll work closely with Product Managers, Designers, and other engineers.
We believe there is a better way to design our cities. To enable this, we aim to transform how architects and engineers work through collaborative, outcome-driven design tools. Your contributions will have a direct impact on shaping our offering—enabling users to discover smart, sustainable solutions and gain valuable insights in their projects.
About the role and the team
As a Principal Software Engineer, you’ll help discover what we should build and lead how we build it, from early exploration through production systems.
Here are some of our challenges:
Build and maintain deep insights in how architects and engineers use geodata in their projects so our work on exploring, evaluating and integrating relevant data sets, either from open, public sources, or from third-party vendors, will maximize user value
Making geo data sets available to users - both via GUIs and APIs - in the simplest and most intuitive way.
Expressing and communicating data quality to users in clear and understandable ways, also when the available metrics are inconsistent, unpredictable, unknown, and/or highly technical.
Processing and harmonizing 2D and 3D geospatial data from diverse sources, formats, projections, and coordinate systems into precise, unified representations.
Adapt data sets as needed, for example, by reusing information from other sources to enhance detail. Or, by simplifying representations so they become more effective without losing important details.
Develop cloud-based software to accomplish all of the above, using relevant and suitable third-party libraries, all while ensuring that software quality metrics such as numerical accuracy, application security, resource usage and scalability are properly addressed.
Understanding Autodesk's broad portfolio of design software, and how it is being used to solve our users' very diverse challenges. We work in an industry with a broad spectrum of projects and user scenarios, and need to build software that meets today’s requirements while optimizing for iterative improvements in the future.
On the engineering side, you’ll work with a wide range of technologies, including web applications, large-scale systems, and cloud computing. You will be tackling challenging problems alongside highly engaged and motivated colleagues. In line with our culture, principal engineers lead through influence, collaboration, and example—not authority.
About us
Our tools help architects, urban planners, and real estate developers find the smartest and most sustainable ways to unlock the potential of their projects.
We focus on enabling outcome-based design by putting front and center the important aspects of our user's projects, such as living quality (sun, daylight potential, noise, et al), environmental impact (embodied and operational carbon), and profitability.
What will help you succeed in this role
Ability to apply and communicate detailed geospatial insights while also sharing design tradeoffs with the team
Strong hands-on engineering background building cloud-based, user-facing systems
Proven experience driving architectural or technical decisions beyond a single team
Ability to operate with clarity and confidence in ambiguous problem spaces
Strong collaboration and communication skills across disciplines and seniority levels
Deep care for writing code that delivers value to users quickly and sustainably
Experience influencing technical direction across teams or domains
Ability to mentor other engineers and raise the technical bar through example
You might also bring
Experience with TypeScript, serverless architectures, or AWS
Background in large-scale systems, platforms, or shared infrastructure
Interest in AI-enabled workflows or design automation (you don’t need to be an expert)
Experience working in empowered, product-led teams
Why you might love this role
You enjoy solving complex problems that cut across teams and domains
You care about sustainability and real-world impact
You like shaping products collaboratively with Product and Design
You want to stay hands-on while influencing technical direction at scale
We don’t expect you to have experience in every area listed above. If you’re excited by the problem space and bring strong fundamentals, we’d love to hear from you.
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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!
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Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.Diversity & Belonging
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