Software Development Manager, Platform Engineering

Autodesk

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Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
New Jersey
Salary
$148,000–$264,990 / yr
Posted
6 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $183k
This role $206k
$103k most similar roles pay here $282k

This role pays more than 67% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$214,575 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $206k versus about $183k 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.

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TL;DR · Software Development Manager, Platform Engineering

Software Development Manager, Platform Engineering leads a team of Platform and DevOps engineers within the Cloud Infrastructure Engineering organization. This role balances delivery ownership for business applications with evolving internal CI/CD platforms, observability, and paved-road developer experiences. The manager will mentor engineers, manage roadmap execution, and improve SLOs while collaborating with Product, Design, and Security teams. Day-to-day responsibilities include operating Kubernetes and EKS environments across multi-region architectures, implementing GitOps workflows, and building infrastructure as code. Key technologies include AWS services like EC2, S3, Lambda, and CloudWatch, alongside tools such as Terraform, AWS CDK, Argo CD, Flux, and Jenkins. The role requires proficiency in Python, Java, TypeScript, or Node.js to solve problems related to cloud cost efficiency, scalability, and reliability while ensuring secure-by-default infrastructure practices across complex cloud environments.

What you'll do

  • Lead, mentor, and support the growth of a high-performing Platform and DevOps engineering team.
  • Own delivery for business applications including roadmap execution, release planning, and risk management.
  • Establish and improve SLOs, SLIs, on-call practices, and incident response processes.
  • Operate and evolve Kubernetes/EKS environments across multi-AZ and multi-region architectures.
  • Drive GitOps and CI/CD best practices using tools like Argo CD, Flux, and GitHub Actions.
  • Build paved roads and reusable developer workflows to improve engineering productivity.
  • Manage infrastructure automation and infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and AWS CDK.
  • Improve observability across logs, metrics, and tracing while ensuring secure-by-default infrastructure.

What we're looking for

  • At least 3 years of experience in people leadership managing and developing engineers.
  • At least 7 years of engineering experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering.
  • Experience delivering and operating business-critical applications within AWS environments.
  • Proficiency with AWS services including EKS, EC2, VPC networking, S3, RDS/DynamoDB, Lambda, API Gateway, and CloudWatch.
  • Expertise in Kubernetes operations, Helm, autoscaling, and infrastructure security practices.
  • Experience building CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows using tools like Argo CD, Flux, or GitHub Actions.
  • Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and/or AWS CDK.
  • Programming experience in Python, Java, TypeScript, or Node.js.

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