Software Development Manager, Platform Engineering at Autodesk Canada Co.

Compensation · Listed in posting

$148,000 – $264,990/yr

Location: Hillsboro, Oregon · Greeley, Colorado · +1
Type: Full-time
Level: lead/mgmt
Posted: Sep 29, 2026

Description

Autodesk is hiring a Software Development Manager, Platform Engineering to lead Platform and DevOps engineers while delivering business applications and evolving internal CI/CD, observability, and developer-experience platforms. The role combines people leadership, application delivery, AWS and Kubernetes operations, GitOps, infrastructure automation, reliability, security, and operational excellence. Candidates need at least three years of people leadership experience and seven years of cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering experience, along with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, and programming experience. The role may require in-person onboarding and identity verification.

Required Skills

AWS
Kubernetes
GitOps
Terraform
CI/CD
Python
Observability
Incident Management

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: At least 3 years of people leadership experience managing and developing engineers
At least 7 years of engineering experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, platform engineering, or related areas
Experience delivering and operating business-critical applications in AWS environments
Experience with Kubernetes operations, Helm, autoscaling, and infrastructure security practices
Experience building CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows
Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or AWS CDK
Programming experience in Python, Java, TypeScript, or Node.js
Familiarity with SRE practices, including incident management, SLIs/SLOs, and operational excellence
Strong communication and stakeholder partnership skills
Preferred Qualifications: Experience building or operating Internal Developer Platforms and self-service engineering workflows
Familiarity with service meshes, policy engines, secrets management, and platform governance
Experience supporting multi-region architectures and resilience engineering initiatives
Knowledge of observability platforms, distributed tracing, and synthetic monitoring strategies
Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems such as Kafka, Kinesis, SNS, or SQS
Familiarity with SOX, SOC2, compliance frameworks, and FinOps practices
Translation Company Name: Autodesk Inc.