Autodesk, Inc

Software Engineer, Education

Autodesk, Inc$78K — $114K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Strong programming skills in Python and/or C++; experience with production-quality code.
  • Understanding of full-stack development workflows.
  • Experience with containerization (Docker) and version control (Git).
  • Proven ability to work cross-functionally with diverse technical teams.
  • Excellent communication skills in a distributed team environment.

Responsibilities

  • Write production-quality code and maintain systems that deliver education features.
  • Implement backend services, APIs, and product infrastructure for education products.
  • Quickly prototype and produce products while balancing quality and user impact.
  • Integrate ML/AI solutions with collaboration from various engineering teams.
  • Build and maintain automation tools for CAD platforms and reproducible experiments.
  • Contribute to CI/CD processes and improve service reliability.
  • Document designs and assist in onboarding other engineers.

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment and startup-like team culture.
  • Collaborative atmosphere with cross-disciplinary teams.
  • Opportunities to work on cutting-edge education and technology products.
  • Focus on meaningful user experiences in teaching and learning.
Full Job Description
Job Requisition ID #

26WD98536

Position Overview

Autodesk Education Experiences (AEX) helps students, educators, and institutions access Autodesk tools, learning programs, and certifications. We are seeking a Software Development Engineer to build and deliver education-focused product experiences that support teaching and learning across Autodesk platforms.

Our team operates like a startup within Autodesk-small, fast-moving, and focused on delivering high-quality products. You'll work across the product stack, including backend services, integrations, automation, experimentation, and user-facing features. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy taking ownership of customer-facing products from concept to launch and collaborating across disciplines to deliver meaningful user experiences.

Responsibilities

Start strong: you will write production-quality code, maintain and connect systems, and collaborate with cross-functional teammates to deliver education features for Autodesk products. You will help take ideas from early exploration through implementation, launch, and iteration. Typical responsibilities include:

  • Implement backend services APIs, integrations, and product infrastructure that support education product features and platform experiences


  • Move quickly from prototype to production, balancing speed, quality, maintainability, and user impact


  • Integrate and productize ML/AI solutions in close collaboration with digital experience and platform engineering teams


  • Build and maintain automation, plugins or SDKs for CAD platforms (e.g., Fusion, Revit, 3DS Max, Maya), including tooling to support reproducible experiments and product delivery


  • Work across product and engineering boundaries, including lightweight frontend integration, data pipelines, service orchestration, experimentation tooling, or internal product workflows when needed


  • Work with CI/CD systems (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and containerized deployments (Docker), and contribute to observability and reliability of services


  • Write robust, well-tested code and participate actively in code reviews and design discussions; follow security and data-handling best practices


  • Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, researchers, frontend engineers, ML engineers, and platform teams to turn ambiguous problems into shipped features


  • Document designs, APIs, runbooks and hand-off materials to product teams, and help onboard other engineers to the codebase


  • Contribute to team culture by sharing knowledge, and promoting reproducible engineering practices


Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent practical experience


  • 3+ years of professional software engineering experience (or equivalent)


  • Strong programming skills in Python and/or C++; experience writing production-quality code and libraries


  • Understanding of Full-Stack development workflows/processes


  • Able to utilise AI coding tools for increased velocity


  • Experience with containerization (Docker) and version control (Git)


  • Proven ability to integrate with CI/CD pipelines and maintain testable, maintainable code


  • Ability to work cross-functionally with product managers, designers, researchers, ML engineers, platform engineers, or other technical teams to ship features


  • Strong debugging, problem-solving skills and attention to detail


  • Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate in a distributed team


Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience working on CAD or 3D geometry systems (meshes, B-Reps, geometry kernels) or building plugins/automation for CAD platforms (e.g., Fusion, Revit, AutoCAD, Maya)


  • Knowledge of OpenCascade or other geometry libraries


  • Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS) and deploying/monitoring services in the cloud


  • Front-end familiarity (JavaScript, React/Next.js) for engineers who contribute to product-facing UI elements


  • Understanding of software architecture and design patterns for scalable systems


  • Experience translating prototypes, research ideas, or ambiguous product concepts into production-ready implementations


  • Prior exposure to education environments and the workflow of translating prototypes to product-ready implementations


The Ideal Candidate

  • Product-minded: You care about the user, the problem, and whether the thing you build actually works in the real world


  • Pragmatic and hands-on - able to move quickly from prototype to production-quality implementation, while maintaining good engineering judgment


  • Curious: You are willing to learn new systems, tools, product areas, or technical domains to move the work forward


  • Passionate about education, geometry and 3D data


  • Collaborative and communicative - you explain technical trade-offs clearly and help drive consensus


About Autodesk, Inc

Autodesk, Inc. is an American multinational software corporation that makes software products and services for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media, education, and entertainment industries. Autodesk is headquartered in San Rafael, California, and features a gallery of its customers' work in its San Francisco building.
Learn more about Autodesk, Inc
Size
12,600 employees
Market Cap
$40.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.2 billion
Founded
1982
5 Year Trend
+16.6%
Revenue
$3.7 billion
NASDAQ

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