Principal API Designer

4 weeks ago


Toronto, Ontario, Canada Autodesk Full time

Position Overview

Autodesk is seeking a highly skilled Principal API Designer to join our Product Development and Manufacturing Solutions' content design team. Reporting to our Experience Design Manager, you will help us craft engaging content for internal development teams and for our customers, in addition to product experiences that promote customer knowledge and skill development.

As a Principal API Designer, you will possess strong experience with API design and documentation that you can showcase in your portfolio. You will have a deep understanding of technical concepts and be able to communicate them effectively to various audiences.

Responsibilities

  • Translate technical aspects of our software and API into consumable artefacts to help internal and external teams learn how to adopt the new technology.
  • Design and layout content sites to help developers get up-and-running with our API seamlessly.
  • Write and organize content that provides connections between high-level descriptions of the technology and low-level documentation.
  • Apply content design skills to organize and present existing content created by software engineers, architects, and product managers.
  • Create internal and external customer-facing content for the software.
  • Participate in user research to test and iterate on content solutions to support data-driven design and evolution.
  • Partner with stakeholders to understand key requirements and stay informed of project changes.
  • Contribute to technical reviews of designs and content.
  • Provide feedback and support for cross-functional teams to improve consistency and accuracy through all product-related content.
  • Work with agile teams to provide learnability reviews and content to support new features and workflows.
  • Collaborate with our teams on content planning and content strategy for learning sites and associated channels to align our company goals.
  • Participate in a community of practice for content design.

Minimum Qualifications

  • University degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
  • 4+ years of professional working experience in software documentation, including experience with APIs.
  • Familiarity with web programming languages such as JavaScript, Typescript, Java, and Python.
  • Experience with Agile development processes and methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban.
  • Successfully completed two or more commercial software development cycles.
  • Experience communicating and describing technical concepts to various audiences.

About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made but what can be made.

We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk. Our Culture Code is at the core of everything we do. Our values and ways of working help our people thrive and realize their potential, which leads to even better outcomes for our customers.

When you're an Autodesker, you can be your whole, authentic self and do meaningful work that helps build a better future for all.



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