Principal Software Engineer(.NET)

As we transition from a world of files to that of products powered by cloud data services, we're building our core underlying cloud fabric and kernel that is comprised of massively scalable, always-on, globally deployed cloud services that underpin our customer-facing systems. In order to provide a seamless cloud data experience for our customers we're building a platform that bridges existing products and solutions with our cloud data platform.

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join the DX SDK team. The SDK is the kernel of our data interoperability platform. It is the layer our connectors (Revit, Inventor, Rhino, Civil3D, and more) and partner integrations build on to read, write, cache, and synchronize design data with the cloud. In this role you will set technical direction for the SDK and the connectors that sit on top of it, while staying hands-on in the code.

The successful candidate should have a strong sense of ownership and be able to drive projects through to completion. They should be well versed in building customer-facing products and developer-centric APIs, SDKs, and components that are used by many teams. We are also adopting Spec-Driven Development and using AI tools as part of how we build, and we expect our principal engineers to help lead that shift.

What you'll own

Be the technical authority for the SDK. Hold deep knowledge of the SDK's architecture, design trade-offs, failure modes, performance characteristics, and the reasoning behind major decisions such as caching strategy, delta apply and revert semantics, data-model API contracts, and large-model memory behaviour. When architectural questions come up in this area, the team should be able to turn to you

Set and uphold the quality bar. Your code should set the standard, and your reviews should go beyond correctness to design quality, backward compatibility of public SDK contracts, domain fit, and long-term maintainability. As more code is produced through Spec-Driven Development, be clear about where extra care is needed across specs, reviews, tests, and integration validation, so that nothing in your area ships below the bar you set

Own the most important technical debt and non-functional requirements. Identify the top tech-debt items in the SDK, create a plan, and track progress. Build performance, resiliency, observability, and cost into solutions from the start, and make sure stakeholders understand the business cost of debt so it gets prioritised

Lead business-critical initiatives end to end. Own outcomes tied to team and division OKRs such as GA milestones, reliability and trusted-trip targets, adoption, and developer experience. Define success metrics, drive toward them, and report progress. Tie each major initiative back to its customer or business impact

Help the people around you grow. Run design reviews, pair with engineers on hard problems, delegate stretch work and put the right people forward for visible work. At this level your impact is measured as much by the team's output as by your own

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