Principal DevOps Developer

Date PostedApril 15, 2026LocationCanadaCompanyAutodeskSalary$131,000 - $191,400TypeSenior Level

Job Summary

Autodesk is seeking a highly motivated, experienced Principal DevOps Developer to join the AEC Platform Data team. You will be responsible for the DevOps services that power the data infrastructure of Autodesk's existing and future AEC products. This role involves creating reliable CI/CD pipelines, contributing to cloud architecture, and ensuring high-performance at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and optimize CI/CD pipelines
  • Design and scale cloud infrastructure
  • Monitor application health and observability
  • Collaborate on software architecture
  • Participate in on-call support rotations

Required Skills

  • 8+ years of DevOps experience
  • AWS and Cloud Infrastructure expertise
  • Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform
  • Strong Java programming skills
  • Proficiency in CI/CD and observability tools

Job Details

Responsibilities: - Involved with all aspects of software development, working to create and maintain the most reliable, secure, performant, and high throughput CI/CD pipelines for all AEC Data platform services. This includes monitoring and observability of application health. - Contribute to software design and architecture by leveraging cloud design patterns and injecting your cloud expertise into the entire development lifecycle. - Work with software development team to implement infrastructure that will perform at scale. - Contribute to improvements in processes and deliverables that increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the team in responding to customer and business needs. - Document and present your ideas and solutions accurately and thoroughly. - Participate in on-call rotations to support production systems. Minimum Qualifications: - Graduate or Postgraduate in Computer Science Engineering or related technical fields. - 8+ years of experience in DevOps. - Extensive AWS production experience in large-scale cloud-based Infrastructure. - Understanding of DevOps best practices, architectures, and methods. - Customer-facing and service-oriented person. - Experience with Kubernetes/ECS environments. - Experience with configuration management tools and cloud automation (Terraform, Ansible). - Experience defining and building CI/CD processes and working with common CI/CD tools (Jenkins/Spinnaker, etc.). - Excellent problem-solving skills, along with the ability to work independently. - Excellent written and oral communication skills in English. - Experience using Docker to build containerized applications. - Experience with networking and security concepts. - Experience with oversight and logging tools (New Relic, Splunk). - Experience with HashiCorp Vault. - Experience with observability tooling like Prometheus and Grafana. - Experience with database management: MySQL, Aurora, or DynamoDB. - Experience with software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes, tools, and Agile methodologies. - Strong programming skills preferable in Java. Preferred Qualifications: - Knowledge of Dynamo, Revit, Civil3D or other competitive CAD software. - Keen interest in new technologies and their timely adoption. - Ability to learn large software systems quickly. - Familiarity with Dynatrace and OpenTelemetry. - Ability to coordinate efforts across multiple teams.