Principal Quality Assurance Developer

About the Role

The Principal QA Developer for Fusion Industry Cloud will lead the development of quality strategies and automation systems that ensure accurate analytics reporting and reliable SSR pipelines. This role focuses on shifting defect detection left by catching issues early in CI/PR workflows and validating end-to-end pipeline correctness. Key responsibilities include defining the analytics quality strategy across client reporting, SSR pipelines, and downstream consumption, building automated test frameworks, and creating comprehensive end-to-end test plans that cover ingestion through dashboard output. The incumbent will also develop reusable test harnesses and validation utilities, embed results into developer workflows, and collaborate with engineering to set clear “definition of done” criteria for analytics features. • Define and execute analytics quality strategy across client reporting, SSR pipelines, and downstream consumption. • Build automated test frameworks for early detection of analytics/reporting failures in PR/CI pipelines. • Create end-to-end test plans covering ingestion, validation, enrichment, warehouse publication, and dashboard/BI outputs. • Develop reusable test harnesses, test data, and validation utilities integrated into developer workflows. • Partner with engineering to establish “definition of done” criteria, including test coverage, performance checks, and release readiness. • Triage pipeline and data-quality issues, perform root-cause analysis, and drive corrective actions. • Coach the team on quality standards, templates, and accountability.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸quality strategy
• ▸test automation
• ▸e2e testing
• ▸test harnesses
• ▸pipeline triage
• ▸team coaching

What You Bring

Candidates must have at least eight years of QA/SDET experience with a strong emphasis on automation, proficient programming skills in Python, Java, or TypeScript, and familiarity with test automation frameworks. Experience testing distributed systems or data-driven pipelines end-to-end, along with solid debugging and root-cause analysis abilities, is required. Preferred qualifications include hands-on work with analytics/telemetry validation, Snowflake, SQL-based checks, BI/dashboard verification, and integrating automated quality gates into CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate embodies a “One Autodesk” mindset, driving shared quality systems that enable all teams to ship confidently. They communicate clearly, surface risks early, and propose practical solutions while maintaining relentless focus on measurable coverage, actionable reporting, and continuous improvement. Courageously tackling flaky patterns and pushing detection left are hallmarks of success in this role. • Minimum: 8+ years QA/SDET experience with automation, strong Python/Java/TypeScript skills, and test automation frameworks. • Experience testing distributed systems, pipelines, or data-driven products end-to-end. • Preferred: experience with analytics/telemetry validation, Snowflake/SQL, BI/dashboard validation, and CI/CD quality gates. • Demonstrate “One Autodesk” mindset, clear communication, proactive risk identification, and relentless focus on measurable quality coverage.

Requirements

• ▸python
• ▸automation
• ▸distributed
• ▸snowflake
• ▸ci/cd
• ▸8+ years

Benefits

Autodesk offers a competitive compensation package that includes base salary, performance bonuses, stock grants, and comprehensive benefits, with salary based on experience and geographic location. The company prides itself on a culture of belonging, innovation, and sustainability, encouraging employees to create impactful products that shape a better world.

Work Environment

Hybrid