Senior Principal Engineer

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the technical architecture for critical platform and product initiatives.
• Lead complex cross-team engineering efforts from concept through delivery.
• Design scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions that support long-term business objectives.
• Partner with product, architecture, and engineering teams to align technical strategy and execution.
• Establish engineering standards, patterns, and best practices across multiple teams.
• Drive improvements in performance, reliability, observability, security, and developer experience.
• Own technical decision-making for large-scale systems and platform capabilities.
• Guide the evolution of frontend and backend architectures, APIs, integrations, and cloud services.
• Reduce technical debt while enabling continued product innovation and growth.
• Mentor senior engineers and act as a technical leader across the organization.
• Lead design reviews, architecture discussions, and technical planning activities.
• Contribute hands-on to software development and critical technical implementations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years of experience designing, building, and delivering commercial software applications.
• Proven experience leading architecture and technical direction for large-scale software systems.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including object-oriented design

Additional Information

Job Requisition ID # 26WD96547 Senior Principal Software Engineer Krakow, Poland (Permanent employment) Position Overview Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) makes software for people who make things. We are a global leader in design and make software for architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, and media and entertainment industries. If you've ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you've experienced what millions of Autodesk customers have built with our software. At Autodesk, we exist to turn ideas into new realities that shape a successful future. Our software and services harness emerging technologies-such as additive manufacturing (3D printing), artificial intelligence, generative design, and robotics-that give companies and individuals the power to work more quickly, and sustainably throughout the entire project lifecycle. Autodesk Operations Solutions is developing a cloud-first platform that unifies facility operations, asset management, maintenance, process improvement, and building-systems data-connecting the entire building lifecycle and day-to-day operations. Central to this platform is Autodesk Tandem, which provides an ecosystem that turns building and asset data into digital twin operational workflows and services. The solutions we are developing will be built on that foundation with a modern web experience, a common information model, published APIs, and connector patterns so customers and partners can integrate OT/IT/CMMS systems, extend functionality, and operationalize analytics and managed services at scale. We are growing our presence in Krakow, Poland and looking for a Senior Principal Software Engineer to join our team focused on shaping the future of Operations solutions at Autodesk. Reporting to a Senior Manager of Software Development, you would be enthusiastic about delivering solutions aimed at providing a cloud platform experience. The ideal candidate will have experience in all aspects of software development for cloud applications with an emphasis on platform backend and data technologies. Autodesk offers a hybrid work experience. Position Overview Autodesk Tandem is transforming building operations through digital twins and data-driven intelligence. As part of Autodesk Operations Solutions, we are building a cloud-first platform that connects facility operations, asset management, maintenance, and building systems data to help customers improve efficiency, resilience, and sustainability throughout the building lifecycle. We are looking for a Senior Principal Software Engineer to help shape the technical future of our platform and products. This is a highly influential individual contributor role where you will drive architecture, lead strategic technical initiatives, and guide engineering teams across multiple domains. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong leadership skills and has experience building large-scale cloud applications, platforms, and distributed systems. Depending on your background, you may bring strengths in frontend architecture, backend platforms, cloud infrastructure, data systems, or full-stack engineering. You will partner closely with engineering leaders, architects, product managers, and teams across Autodesk to establish technical direction, improve engineering practices, and deliver scalable solutions that support a growing ecosystem of products and services.

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