Job Requisition ID: 26WD96808 Software Development Manager, Platform Cloud Services Autodesk is looking for a Software Development Manager to join the Autodesk Platform Services Data Models Team. The team delivers high‑value, exabyte‑scale, cloud data platform components powering desktop, mobile, and web products. This enables product teams to build cohesive in‑product data experiences, partners to integrate and expand our data, and end‑users to work with their data across all Autodesk products. You will report to the Senior Manager, Software Development Manager based in Canada, and the role is hybrid‑based in Montreal or Toronto. The team meets in person once or twice a week in the office. You will work closely with product managers and plan all engineering activities, including technical investigations, feature development, bug fixes and customer escalations. You will be central to our success: a collaborator who bridges business and engineering requirements by being responsible for team performance and staff development. If you have led agile team(s) in a scaled Agile environment, know how to nurture talent, develop best practices, encourage open communication, and provide guidance and mentoring to build high‑performing teams to provide high‑quality solutions to customers, apply today! Responsibilities Recruit and nurture the best talent to develop a top‑performing team. Accountable for results and initiatives for the teams: plan and manage the successful completion of projects to fulfil goals, break down complex technical requirements into logical execution slices, and help the team identify, solve, or escalate dependencies and roadblocks. Lead the team to support customers and solve incidents and issues promptly, fostering customer empathy and customer‑centricity. Guide the team to build customer trust in the service solutions, ensuring resiliency, performance, scalability and reliability, and advocate engineering and service excellence. Educate team members on how their work aligns with organizational goals. Lead, provide technical guidance and mentor developers to develop their careers and achieve individual success; upskill developers to meet organizational needs and individual career goals. Develop Autodesk culture values within the team; enhance engineering efficiency by observing the team, identifying opportunities and influencing improvement. Find the right approach when faced with uncertainties and support teams in navigating changes. Manage the team’s performance to ensure successful project completion; inspire, motivate and coach team members to achieve maximum productivity, creativity and efficiency. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field. 8+ years of working experience in the software industry, involving design and development of cloud/server applications and services. 3+ years of experience leading development teams and managing team members from Junior to Principal developers and from Developers to QAs. Fundamentals in technology: server‑side development in Java, AWS, REST, web technology stack, cloud computing and cloud database technologies; understanding services architecture, development and testing. Familiarity with AI‑powered features using existing foundational models (e.g., OpenAI, Claude, Hugging Face). Experience with the software development lifecycle, principles, practices, and methodologies, and engineering best practices. Experience working on a scrum team developing cloud services; well‑versed in leading in an Agile development environment, understanding Agile and Scaled Agile. Experience managing complex software projects with multiple dependencies. Experience hiring and onboarding new talent and setting up teams for success; conflict resolution skills. Experience stating complex subjects simply for a variety of audiences. Experience dealing with changes while overseeing projects, from business to technical requirements across all phases of the development cycle. Willingness to collaborate with colleagues across different time zones, possibly requiring limited work outside normal hours. Salary Transparency Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. Offers are based on experience and geographic location. In addition to base salaries, the compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package. Diversity & Belonging We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: #J-18808-Ljbffr