At Autodesk, the business problem is to develop, maintain, and modernize one of the top mechanical CAD solutions, Inventor, to help clients innovate and bring their ideas to life, while continually improving stability, performance, and customer experience.
Requirements
- Strong programming skills in C++, C, and other similar and supporting programming languages
- Excellent problem-solving abilities and a customer-focused mindset with the ability to 'dig into' the code
- Strong understanding of the whole software development life cycle to include agile development, automated testing, and continuous integration pipelines
- Familiarity with .NET framework modernization and UI automation testing is a plus
- Experience in CAD software or other 3D software systems to enhance customer empathy
- Understanding of modern software development automation techniques for provisioning, managing and maintaining software development tools and infrastructure
- Ability and willingness to leverage agentic AI tools responsibly and effectively into the software development process to help increase the quality and longevity of our codebase
Responsibilities
- Lead one or more areas of development and maintenance of the Inventor product platform utilizing C++, C, other support languages, and test automation techniques
- Participate in the development of tool chain improvements critical to the building and delivery of complex software projects to include build pipelines, code version control, development environments, and security
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate new features and improvements while improving the architecture and design of the existing code base
- Ensure code quality and maintainability by modeling and adhering to software engineering best practices
- Triage, debug and troubleshoot issues and bugs using various tools and techniques
- Collaborate with other engineers, user experience designers, and product owners/managers to design and deliver the best solutions for Autodesk customers
- Review other engineers’ code and provide constructive feedback on correctness and for achieving higher code quality
Other
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years’ experience in software development, preferably in a product development environment
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively in a team-oriented environment
- Ability to work in a hybrid environment based in Portland, Oregon
- Must be willing to work with cross-functional and platform teams to deliver high quality products on schedule
