Senior Frontend Engineer

Company: Autodesk, Inc.
Location: New York
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

Position Overview
Our team within Autodesk Construction Solutions is looking for a senior web developer to help us build document markup and collaboration functionality for Autodesk Build, PlanGrid, and BIM360. We help customers throughout the construction lifecycle add annotations, visualize changes, and collaborate on blueprints and 3D models. This is your chance to dive deeper into the web platform's graphics stack, learn about collaborative editing tools, and contribute to making software that helps thousands in the construction industry build the future of the cities and towns we all live in. As a web developer on the team, you'll be responsible for building markup functionality on top of Autodesk's Forge Viewer, a 2D and 3D model viewer build using WebGL and THREE.js. The rest of our stack is standard for modern front-end development: React, Typescript, and an in-house design system. To share code with our native mobile apps, we use Kotlin Multiplatform. Prior experience with Kotlin isn't needed, and we've found that web developers pick it up quickly and enjoy collaborating with mobile developers on the multiplatform libraries. In addition to building out core markup functionality, our team operates as a platform for about half a dozen other teams with markup-related features.--If you enjoy serving both the needs of customers as well as other teams across Autodesk, this could be a good role for you. We're looking for engineers who care about not just customer experience, but the developer experience of their peers too. If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you! Responsibilities Write technical specs and develop new markups and collaboration features Write technical specifications for new features and document architectural decisions Break apart medium term initiatives into interim milestones and help with tracking progress Collaborate with designers, product managers, and other developers Minimum Qualifications 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 3+ years of web development experience Understanding of data structures and algorithms, including an ability to analyze their performance Good written and spoken communication skills; an ability to explain and discuss technical decisions and trade offs Empathy and respect for coworkers Preferred Qualifications Experience or a demonstrated interest (e.g., course work or side projects) in computer graphics Experience with web graphics APIs, such as WebGL, Canvas 2D, or SVG Experience with React and Typescript #LI-POST 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. Are you an existing contractor or consultant with Autodesk? Please search for open jobs and apply internally (not on this external site). If you have any questions or require support, contact Autodesk Careers . Posted 3 Days Ago Full time 21WD45875 About Us With Autodesk software, you have the power to Make Anything. The future of making is here, bringing with it radical changes in the way things are designed, made, and used. It's disrupting every industry: architecture, engineering, and construction; manufacturing; and media and entertainment. With the right knowledge and tools, this disruption is your opportunity. Our software is used by everyone - from design professionals, engineers and architects to digital artists, students and hobbyists. We constantly explore new ways to integrate all dimensions of diversity across our employees, customers, partners, and communities. Our ultimate goal is to expand opportunities for anyone to imagine, design, and make a better world.

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