Position Overview

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Engineering Manager for Search Infrastructure within Autodesk Platform Services. In this role, you will help to build modern and scalable Search Platform that powers the search experiences across Autodesk’s Industry Clouds – Fusion, Forma and Flow.

As an ideal candidate, you have led teams developing scalable cloud services in a fast-paced, agile environment. You know how to nurture talent, develop/advocate best practices, foster open communication, and provide guidance and mentoring for effective and high-performing teams to deliver high-quality solutions to their customers.

Responsibilities

Lead Key Business Outcome / Initiatives. Accountable for one or more large scale key results. Lead and contribute to development of company objectives and long term strategy of the services
Drive resiliency best practices
Collaborate with Product Managers and other stakeholders to drive business outcomes. Ensure timely delivery of high quality software meeting customer needs
As a leader, inspire, motivate and coach team members to achieve maximum productivity, optimal creativity and efficiency
Mentor team members to develop their careers and to achieve individual success
Hire, develop and mentor top engineering talent
Enhance engineering efficiency; observing the team, identifying opportunities, and influencing the improvement
Manage the unknowns and help teams manage through the uncertainties
Drive customer-centricity and engineering excellence in teams

Minimum Qualifications

BS or MS in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
12+ years of hands on experience in the industry involving designing and developing cloud scale and highly available server applications and services
5+ years of experience in leading, mentoring, and managing development teams, or other similar leadership roles (managing cross-functional team members from Software Engineers to Principal Engineers to Architects)
Exceptional proficiency in Java or similar programming language
Expertise in Cloud Infrastructure platforms such as AWS
Experience developing large, highly scalable, available and resilient cloud data systems
Experience managing senior level engineering talent and geo distributed teams
Experience in hiring key talent and setting up teams for success

Preferred Qualifications

Exposure to Information Retrieval with hands on experience in Lucene/ElasticSearch/OpenSearch
Exposure to Vector Databases and ML Infrastructure
Experience in monitoring and improving reliability of a complex system at scale.
Aware of Security and Compliance challenges in Cloud products and/or platforms

The Ideal Candidate

Strong communicator. You enjoy synthesizing, simplifying, and articulating complex problems to others
A team-player, with a result-focused passion to deliver an overall solution
Self-starter who can come up to speed quickly and identify the problems that need to be solved and drive the solutions for them
You embrace perpetual learning and are always ready for a new challenge

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About Autodesk

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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!

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Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

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