Distinguished Engineer, Content Creation

Autodesk's Entertainment & Media Solutions (EMS) team is on a mission to enable anyone, anywhere, to create incredible digital entertainment. Our tools empower studios and artists worldwide to bring to life the captivating creatures, immersive worlds, and compelling characters seen in the games, shows, and movies we enjoy every day.

We are looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, relishes working at scale and puts big data to work, enjoys the challenge of highly complex business contexts, and above all else, is passionate about building innovative solutions and developing talent.

As a Distinguished Software Development Engineer focused on our EMS applications and the Flow platform, you will engage at all levels with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff. You will be solving deep technological problems connected to human systems and building innovative solutions in a fast-paced environment working with smart and passionate developers.

Your responsibilities will include owning the overarching solution, working closely with software engineering teams to bridge key technical relationships, and driving projects towards success. You will work closely with product owners and software engineering teams to define the roadmap, architecture, and success metrics for new system capabilities, and influence the broader Autodesk EMS Cloud products.

Responsibilities

Serve as a technical expert on our most demanding, cross-functional projects, and develop innovative solutions with little or no precedent

Lead product and engineering teams in thinking differently on how to solve the most complex and unique challenges

Oversee advanced product development activities where outcomes have significant long-term impact on company’s success

Define and ensure the quality of architecture and design of systems

Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions

Possess expert knowledge in performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and engineering best practices

Assist in the career development of others, actively mentoring individuals and the Autodesk developer community on advanced technical issues and helping managers guide the career growth of their team members

Exert technical influence over multiple teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience

Anticipate market needs and influence the development of product strategies and objectives, including new industry group applications or functionality that require significant resource investments

Effectively research and benchmark Autodesk technology against other competing systems in the industry

Contribute intellectual property through patent generation

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree and / or master’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience

15+ years of relevant, broad engineering experience

Proven track record of leading the delivery of large-scale, high-quality systems

Experience delivering complex, service-oriented software development using innovative solutions

Experience managing complex projects, with significant strategic impact

Experience leading development life cycle process and best practices

Experience mentoring / training an engineering community on complex technical issues

Experience building with native Cloud platform or services

Preferred Qualifications

Advanced degree in Computer Science or a related field

Deep hands-on technical expertise in delivering solutions in at least two or three major technical areas

2+ years as the technical lead for an organization of 50+ software developers / engineers

Ability and willingness to multi-task and learn new technologies quickly

Experience in AWS services

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.

At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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