Software Development Manager, Platform & DevOps

Autodesk•Toronto, ON

11d

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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.
Own Delivery & Outcomes: 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.
Build Platforms that Scale Teams: 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.
Drive Technical Excellence: 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.
Collaborate Across the Organization: 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.