Principal Software Developer in Test

Autodesk•Montreal, QC

About The Position

We are looking for a highly motivated, experienced Principal Software Developer in Test to join the Autodesk AEC Data team. You will be responsible for driving quality in a team working on a cloud-based product widely used by Autodesk customers, working closely with software developers, product owners, and other QA and SETs to design and build backend/API and UI test automation. You will ensure cloud services and user-facing applications can be deployed frequently with minimal effort and high quality through manual and automated testing. You will own and drive initiatives related to improving quality, stability, reliability and usability of your team’s software deliverables.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field
8+ years of experience in software industry including design and development of backend/API and UI test automation suites for cloud services, with a focus on building high quality automated tests used in CI/CD pipelines
Experience with some of the following tools is desired: Playwright, Cypress, Blazemeter, JMeter, Selenium, Cucumber JVM, Postman, Wiremock, Rest Assured, Pact, BurpSuite
Strong experience building and maintaining UI automation frameworks using Playwright and/or Cypress, including integration with CI/CD pipelines
Knowledge of computer programming in languages such as Java, C#, Python, and/or JavaScript
Strong leadership skills
Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
Knowledge of approaches, tools, and techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving problems. Analysing alternatives, risks, and benefits
Detail-oriented and strong logical thinking skills
Flexibility under changing conditions and ability to multi-task between projects
Experience of working on a scrum team developing cloud services

Nice To Haves

Experience using Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, GitHub
Familiarity with AWS tools and services
Keen interest in new technologies and their timely adoption
Ability to learn large software systems quickly
Experience using AI powered Development tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot agent mode, etc.)

Responsibilities

Collaborate with developers and other QA analysts and SETs to establish processes that ensure delivery of quality backend services, APIs, and UI applications
Uphold high quality standards for the products you work on by designing and implementing test automation suites
Assist team evaluate risk, quality, and/or stability on individual stories, initiatives, sprints, product milestones, and services
Participate in test estimation and ensure automated testing is accounted for in planning or acceptance criteria
Receive defect reports from other sources (customers, product support, forums), confirm and track specific issues for use by development
Write and run test cases based on real production work, and create automation scripts and frameworks
Participate in Scrum ceremonies for requirement gathering, test planning, execution, and progress reporting
Partner with experienced developers, absorbing best practices in software development
Collaborate with other team members on the implementation, deployment and maintenance of the Automation Testing pipelines within CI/CD pipelines
Be an engaged and active member of the team, learn, mentor, be mentored and contribute to the improvement of the team by engaging in respectful conversations and decision makings