Principal Software Engineer, Frontend Architecture
Autodesk
📍 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Job Description
Position Overview
As a Principal Software Engineer, Frontend Development, you are a senior technical leader and hands-on engineer responsible for designing, delivering, and evolving frontend systems that span multiple features, initiatives, or teams. You own architectural decisions for significant frontend areas and serve as a technical anchor for interaction-focused, research-driven, and production web experiences.
You work closely with Product, Experience Design, Research, and Platform Engineering to move work from intent to experience, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with Autodesk’s strategic priorities.
Responsibilities
Owns large subsystems or end-to-end experiences across teams or initiatives
Drives architectural decisions that impact multiple projects
Anticipates technical risks and proactively designs solutions
Influences technical direction without forma...