Software Developer

Position Overview

We are seeking a talented and highly motivated individual to help develop a world-class commercial cloud service, Autodesk Preconstruction, used by construction companies to increase efficiency and reduce the significant amount of waste produced during construction. If you are an experienced Software Developer proficient in cloud web services and enjoy working in a dynamic, fast-paced team leveraging state-of-the-art technologies, we would love to hear from you!

You will be part of an agile team of smart and highly motivated developers building world-class cloud software applications and services. You will collaborate and build as a global team and collaborate with local and remote colleagues from various disciplines like business, engineering, operations, support etc.

This is a remote position to be based in Canada with preference for Eastern, Central and Mountain time zones.

Responsibilities

• Involved with all aspects of software development
• Developing with quality and running the service to create and maintain the most reliable, secure, performant and high throughput service for our customers
• Your main role is to contribute to a high-performing agile team that includes other strong developers and support from dedicated designers and product owners
• You will be working on feature development projects that fill needs in pre-construction and planning
• You will use modern development tools, technologies and platforms to continually innovate and improve both software and processes

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software engineering or equivalent experience
• 2 to 5 years of software development experience
• Experience working on agile software projects with short release cycles
• Solid understanding of typical web application architecture (data, application, web tiers etc.)
• Experience with REST API development in a Service Oriented Architecture (microservices architecture)
• Good understanding of cloud design patterns and best practices, for example circuit breaker, caching, deferred load, queuing etc.
• Familiar with security best practices for a modern cloud service
• Ability to support the production service by periodically being on-call
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and experience working with a deployment pipeline

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of one or more of the following JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js and React
• Proficiency with Amazon Web Services or other cloud infrastructure technologies
• Familiarity with basic network infrastructure and components (load balancing, NAT, scaling, etc.)

The Ideal Candidate

• You are proficient in AWS cloud services
• You are a fast learner and keen to work with latest tools and technologies available
• You are a perpetual learner and often find yourself ideating about new and improved ways of doing things and are confident to share your ideas with the rest of the engineering team
• You get work done together
• As a team player and effective communicator, you easily build collaborative relationships with technical and non-technical colleagues
• You enjoy working with distributed team members
• You have a strong desire and ability to deliver results
• You are able to succeed and consistently reach the highest standards in a dynamic, agile environment with changing priorities
• You are able to work independently and manage multiple tasks with direction or feedback from stakeholders and team members

Key skills/competency

• Cloud Services
• REST API
• Microservices
• Agile Development
• AWS
• JavaScript
• Node.js
• React
• CI/CD
• Web Architecture