Software Development Manager, Platform & DevOps

What You'll Do

Lead & Grow a High-Impact Team

• Build, mentor, and support a high-performing team of platform and DevOps engineers

• Create an environment of ownership, learning, and continuous improvement

• Guide career growth through coaching, feedback, and clear development paths

Own Delivery & Outcomes

• Lead delivery for one or more applications from planning through release

• Drive roadmaps, manage dependencies, and ensure high-quality execution

• Establish strong operational practices including SLOs, SLIs, and incident response

• Champion reliability through postmortems, error budgets, and continuous improvement

Build Platforms that Scale Teams

• Design and evolve CI/CD systems and GitOps workflows

• Create paved roads with templates, tooling, and guardrails that simplify development

• Improve developer experience and reduce time to deploy

Drive Technical Excellence

• Lead architecture and design discussions, review code, and unblock teams

• Operate and improve Kubernetes environments across regions and availability zones

• Implement observability across logs, metrics, and traces for full system visibility

Collaborate Across the Organization

• Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering to align on priorities and delivery

• Work closely with Security and Compliance to embed best practices by default

• Communicate clearly with stakeholders on progress, risks, and decisions

What You Bring

• Experience leading and developing engineering teams

• Strong background in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering

• Proven ownership of delivering production applications with reliability and scale

• Experience working in cloud environments such as AWS

• Experience with Kubernetes and containerized environments

• Familiarity with CI/CD systems and infrastructure as code

• Ability to read, review, and contribute to code when needed

• Understanding of reliability practices like SLOs, monitoring, and incident management

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building internal developer platforms or self-service tooling

• Familiarity with service meshes, observability tools, or event-driven systems

• Exposure to multi-region architectures or resilience engineering

• Understanding of security, compliance, or cost optimization practices

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About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software - from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

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!

Salary transparency
Salary is one part of Autodesk's competitive compensation package. For Canada based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $140,000 and $205,700. Offers are based on the candidate's experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Diversity & Belonging
We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging

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