Principal Engineer - SRE/DevOps

About the Role

Autodesk is looking for a Principal Engineer - SRE/DevOps to join the Autodesk Platform Services Team. The team delivers a high-value, exabyte-scale data streaming platform powering desktop, mobile, and web products. This enables our product teams to build cohesive in-product data experiences and our partners to integrate, search, and expand granular data across all Autodesk products. You will report to the Senior Manager - Software Development based in Dublin, Ireland, and you will help evolve the engineering discipline in an Agile environment, contributing to an organization committed to continuous improvement. This team operates in a hybrid working model from our office in Dublin.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of DevOps, CI/CD, Observability, Alerting, and Reliability to create and maintain a highly resilient data streaming platform.
• Engage in technical discussions and decision-making, driving sustainable incident response, blameless postmortems, and improvements.
• Collaborate with software architects, product managers, and developers to transform SRE and DevOps requirements into iterative enhancements.
• Monitor and optimize system performance, troubleshoot issues, and keep systems secure and compliant.

About the Candidate (Expectations and Nice-to-Have Skills)

• BS or MS in Computer Science or related field with 9+ years of experience in software engineering and DevOps/SRE.
• Hands-on with AWS services, especially S3, Lambda, and databases like Aurora, DynamoDB.
• Proficient in Java, Python, Groovy, and familiar with infrastructure as code practices using Terraform.
• Ability to lead incident response, drive root cause analysis, with proven capability to implement preventive measures.

About the Company

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software - from environmentally friendly buildings to innovative products across various industries. Autodesk is dedicated to helping innovators transform their ideas into reality, thereby shaping the future of what can be made.

Company Culture and Benefits

At Autodesk, we pride ourselves on our inclusive culture. Our Culture Code embodies our core values and ways of working that empower our employees, leading to better outcomes for our customers. We value diversity and belonging and strive to cultivate a workplace where everyone can thrive. In addition to a competitive salary, we provide significant cash bonuses, stock options, and a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees' wellbeing and success.