This role pays less than
55%
of similar roles. Most pay
$174,600–$225,125
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$194k
versus about
$200k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Autodesk
Autodesk is a global leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software, enabling users to imagine, design, and create a better world.
Autodesk currently has
17 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$139,000–$249,260
across 17 roles with salary data.
Principal Software Engineer - Backend joins the Enterprise Data Management organization within the COO-GET Engineering group as a senior individual contributor. This role focuses on driving technical direction for complex, business-critical backend and distributed systems while ensuring core data services remain reliable and scalable. The engineer will design and evolve high-scale APIs, event-driven systems, and infrastructure components while establishing standards for schema design and versioning. Key responsibilities include mentoring other engineers, leading cross-team architectural decisions, and improving operational excellence through better observability and incident response. The role requires deep expertise in Python, AWS cloud-native architectures, and distributed system concepts like asynchronous processing and eventual consistency. Candidates will work on critical backend services, potentially involving data engineering elements such as streaming pipelines, Kafka, or Kinesis to solve complex problems regarding master data management and identity resolution.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.
AWS
Python
Go
Java
Kubernetes
Kafka
NoSQL
TypeScript
LLM
micro-services
Distributed Systems
SDLC
API Design
SASE
zero-trust architecture
Data Pipelines