Principal Frontend Developer

Principal Frontend Developer

We are seeking a Principal Frontend Developer to join the team working on Autodesk Construction Cloud Assets — a flagship product in Autodesk’s enterprise construction suite. Autodesk Construction Cloud is a connected construction management platform that empowers teams to collaborate, automate workflows, and make data-driven decisions across the entire project lifecycle. Assets, specifically, provides robust construction asset and equipment tracking, customizable workflows, and integrated field collaboration tools that help teams manage physical assets from specification through acceptance and handover.

In this role, you will be responsible for building, scaling, and maintaining frontend applications that power one of the most impactful products in the AEC industry, delivering mission-critical experiences for construction professionals around the world. You will have the opportunity to influence architecture, improve frontend quality and performance, and mentor other engineers as we elevate the way construction teams manage assets and equipment across global projects.

Autodesk Construction Cloud is a global leader in construction technology, offering deeply connected tools that remove data silos and empower teams to deliver projects on time and on budget.

Assets is a critical component of this ecosystem — enabling teams to:

• Track assets and equipment across the entire project lifecycle, from planning to commissioning to handover.
• Customize workflows and visualize progress in the field and office.
• Integrate asset data with field collaboration tools and documents to reduce risk and improve project outcomes.

As a principal engineer on this product, you’ll have the technical freedom to influence core architecture, improve engineering practices, and contribute directly to the success of customers managing billions of dollars of construction assets worldwide.

This is a fully remote position to be based in Canada.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and scale high-performance frontend experiences for Assets, used globally for asset tracking, commissioning, and handovers
• Lead and extend our micro-frontend architecture using Module Federation for modular, enterprise-scale frontend development
• Build accessible, responsive, and reusable UI components that integrate seamlessly with field tools like forms, issues, photos, and documents.
• Partner with designers and product managers to deliver intuitive, visually polished experiences that solve real construction workflows
• Drive frontend performance initiatives — optimizing bundle size, code splitting, lazy loading, and runtime performance for enterprise deployments
• Embed best practices in testing, accessibility, and performance across the team
• Drive technical design discussions and help shape the strategic direction of frontend architecture
• Mentor engineers on frontend best practices, architecture, and scalable solution patterns

Minimum Qualifications

Experience & Leadership

• 7+ years of professional frontend engineering experience
• Proven experience at a senior/principal level shaping architecture and team engineering standards
• Experience building and maintaining large, enterprise-grade web applications

Core Technologies

• Expert proficiency in React (17+), including hooks, context, suspense, and error boundaries
• Strong TypeScript skills with strict typing
• Deep experience with the Redux ecosystem (Redux Toolkit, Thunk, Reselect, react-redux)
• Experience with complex routing using React Router v6
• Strong CSS proficiency: Styled Components, SCSS/SASS, CSS Modules

Build Systems & Tooling

• Experience configuring and optimizing Webpack 5 for production
• Familiarity with Babel and modern build toolchains
• Solid understanding of code splitting, lazy loading, and runtime performance strategies
• Experience with micro-frontend architecture and modular builds

Testing & Quality

• Strong background writing automated tests with Jest and React Testing Library
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins experience a plus)

The Ideal Candidate

• Lead frontend architecture for a mission-critical cloud product with real world impact
• Shape engineering standards across teams and mentor talented engineers
• Work on scalable, modern web technologies in a collaborative environment
• Directly contribute to workflows used by construction professionals globally

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!

Key skills/competency

• Frontend Development
• React.js
• TypeScript
• Redux
• Micro-frontend Architecture
• Performance Optimization
• UI/UX Design
• Mentorship
• Web Application Scalability
• Construction Technology