Intern, Software Engineer, Deployment & Compute
Position Overview
Autodesk, the leading Design and Engineering Software Company, is transitioning to the cloud! As a global leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software, Autodesk helps customers imagine, design, and create a better world. Our flagship product, AutoCAD, has become synonymous with CAD and is a fixture in design shops worldwide.
We have industry-leading 3D solutions for industrial design and manufacturing, architecture, engineering, and construction, as well as media and entertainment. Over 10 million professionals in 185 countries are using Autodesk products to save time and money, gain competitive advantage, and change the way ideas are brought to life.
The success and growth of Autodesk is attributed not only to its exceptional products, but also to its unique culture which brings together the best and the brightest in a combined mission of innovation and creativity. We are continually ranked as a top place to work by Fortune, Forbes, and Glassdoor.
As Autodesk transitions from a world of desktop products to products powered by cloud services, our group is tasked with building a resilient and extensible deployment platform that strengthens our cloud posture. Engineers across Autodesk's product teams utilize our platform to deploy the next generation of rich customer experiences.
Do automation and a fast-paced environment excite you? Do you thrive on building resilient, self-healing, auto-scaling cloud-based systems? The Deployment and Compute group is seeking a highly motivated, Software Engineer to help build our cloud platform.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and test features/functions delivered via applications and services
- Work with operations teams to ensure your applications and services are highly available and reliable
- Hands-on software development that will perform at scale
- Write code that is tested, readable, and maintainable
- Perform code reviews, evaluate implementations, and provide feedback for tool improvements
Minimum Qualifications
- Great team player with great communication skills.
- Hands-on software development experience in Python.
- Experience implementing unit and integration tests
- Understanding & curiosity of DevOps best practices, architectures, and methods
- Good self-management skills and ability to track and prioritize multiple tasks coming in simultaneously
- Good understanding of networking and security concepts
Preferred Qualifications
- Production experience in large-scale cloud-based Infrastructure (AWS preferred)
- Experience with cloud-native applications
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes/ECS environments
- Experience with configuration management tools and cloud automation (eg. TerraForm, Chef, Ansible, etc.)
- Experience defining and building CI/CD processes and working with common CI/CD tools (Jenkins/Circle CI/Spinnaker, etc.)
- Excellent problem-solving skills, along with the ability to work independently
- Experience building apps on AWS using services such as Step functions, DynamoDB, IAM, EC2, CloudWatch and Lambda
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
Experience with Agile software development practices
Experience using Docker to build containerized applications
Experience consuming, designing, and implementing REST APIs
Experience with monitoring and logging tools (NewRelic, Splunk, ELK)
About the US Intern Program
The U.S. program runs from May through August for 12 weeks and will be remote (subject to change). All internships are paid. As an intern, you will have the opportunity to contribute to meaningful projects, be mentored by industry leaders, work alongside peers from universities all over the country and participate in tech talks and other activities designed to support your personal and professional development. US recruiting begins in the Fall and concludes end of March.
At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.