Job Requisition ID #
24WD77374
Principal Software Engineer – Civil3D
Location: Toronto, ON - Canada
Position Overview
At Autodesk, we are obsessed with building tools for people who imagine, design, and make a better world for the 10 billion people living on our planet. Our clients make the tallest buildings in the world, innovate on new green, affordable housing for low income communities, put rockets into space, invent solutions for bringing fresh water to famine affected countries, 3D print inexpensive prosthetic limbs for the needy in 3rd world countries, design and make the products in your home and in your pocket, and bring stories and experiences to life that leap off the screen and inspire the world.
Helping those teams do what they do better, faster and with less negative impact on the world is the mission that pulls us all out of bed every morning.
Our focus on the Civil 3D product development team is to continue the success of the world’s leading Infrastructure CAD family of applications and deliver value to a new generation of customers.
The person we are seeking is a passionate and experienced professional who can work with us to combine cutting-edge techniques and bring the Civil 3D user experience to the next level. We expect the candidate to have deep knowledge of Windows platform, be mindful of the impact on Civil 3D customers when developing the product and can work with cross functional and platform teams to deliver high quality products on schedule.
Responsibilities
- Break down a large problem into smaller components and provide a clear solution for each piece.
- Design and architecture software in a cross-platform way that works on multiple platforms from Windows, Mac, Web.
- Minimize the amount of work for sufficient solution to be implemented.
- Develop industry specific documents and diagrams to outline architecture and relationships between subsystems and participate in review of those designs.
- Research and analyze existing legacy architecture and software code to understand the code at both the low-level and higher architectural level for making enhancements or resolving defects and performance issues.
- Investigate and, if necessary, prototype technologies and algorithms relating to the task.
- Compare and evaluate the implementation, if done by downstream developers, against the design, including code reviews.
- Being tech lead and collaborate with cross-functional team to imagine, design and create new functionalities.
- Continually refine understanding with other engineers about high- and low-level technical details, product goals, and user needs.
- Contribute to cost-benefit analysis by providing estimates for the features and determine feasibility of each feature.
- Mentor and provide direction to less experienced software engineers regarding company development processes and product architecture, at senior levels.
- Develop depth in at least one technical area, but breadth in numerous areas to be a greater asset to the team
- Research external best practices and emerging technologies for possible incorporation into company products and methodologies.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering or related field. Master’s degree is desirable.
- 8 to 10 years working experience in software development. Successfully completed two or more commercial software development cycles.
- Sophisticated programming skills with C++/.NET programming skills and rich experience on Visual Studio toolsets
- Strong background in Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOA/OOD), demonstrating extensive experience and proficiency in these areas
- Comprehensive technical knowledge in software development methodologies, design and implementation
- Have a keen eye for detail and strive to write high-quality code
- Flexibility under changing conditions and ability to multi-task between projects
- Good analytical and design skills at product level
- Good communications and interpersonal skills
- Motivated, self-managed, creative team player, being able to support manager to build a strong team for delivery.
- Knowledge of Web is a plus
- Experience with Civil 3D a plus
- Graphic background and DirectX knowledge is a plus
- Being familiar with ObjectARX/LISP is a plus
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