Software Development Manager, Platform & DevOps at Autodesk

**Who this is for** This role is for a hands-on engineering leader who enjoys balancing team management with deep technical involvement in cloud infrastructure

Work type: onsite

Location: AMER - Canada - Ontario - Toronto - University Ave

Salary: $140,000/yr

Type: Full-time

Summary

**Who this is for** This role is for a hands-on engineering leader who enjoys balancing team management with deep technical involvement in cloud infrastructure and platform development. **Key highlights** You will lead a high-impact team to build "paved roads" for developers, oversee application delivery, and drive architectural excellence within a cloud-native, Kubernetes-focused environment. **You might be a good fit if you...** - Possess strong experience leading and mentoring high-performing DevOps or platform engineering teams. - Have a proven track record of managing production-grade infrastructure on AWS and Kubernetes. - Are comfortable diving into code to review, architect, or unblock team members. - Prioritize reliability through modern observability practices and robust CI/CD workflows.

Job Description

Job Requisition ID #

25WD94232

Software Development Manager, Platform & DevOps

Cloud Infrastructure Engineering | COO GET EngineeringAbout the Role

We’re building the next generation of cloud infrastructure that powers scalable, reliable, and high-impact products. As a Software Development Manager, Platform & DevOps, you’ll lead a team at the intersection of application delivery and platform engineering.

This role is unique in its balance. You’ll spend part of your time owning the delivery of business-critical applications, and part of your time building the internal platforms, CI/CD systems, and paved paths that enable engineering teams to move faster with confidence.

You’ll be a hands-on leader who shapes technical direction, develops talent, and partners across engineering, product, design, and security to deliver meaningful outcomes.

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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.

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