Senior Principal Engineer
About The Position
Autodesk is seeking a passionate and experienced Software Architect to lead a skilled team of software and ML engineers in the design, development, and execution of AMP, their next generation machine learning platform. This role involves developing the next generation of Agentic AI features in Autodesk products. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership, drive the technical strategy, execution, and delivery of a scalable AI/ML platform, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and priorities, and driving platform adoption. This position requires a blend of technical expertise in AI/ML technologies, strong leadership skills, and a proven track record of delivering complex projects on time and within budget, while motivating the team and instilling a culture of engineering excellence.
Requirements
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (MS preferred)
- 12+ years of experience of software engineering, with 3+ years of experience as a technical lead or Software Architect
- Proven experience leading and mentoring software and ML engineering teams
- Experience with design, build and running scalable, high-performance systems production applications on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience building and deploying AI models, for rapid AI application development, using AWS SageMaker, Bedrock or Azure Machine Learning
- Experience working with complex agentic AI architectures, API ecosystems, guardrails, context management and other best of breed AI/ML offerings
- Understanding of MLOps principles and practices for effectively managing and automating machine learning workflows, including model versioning, monitoring, and deployment
- Expertise in CI/CD, automation tools, and practices for machine learning lifecycle management
- Strong background in AI/ML with experience in deep learning, statistical modeling, and neural networks
- Experience with Scrum and agile development processes and methodologies
- Excellent communication and written skills
- BS or MS in Computer Science or related technical field
- Ability to inspire, motivate, and guide team members towards achieving project goals
Nice To Haves
- Has prior experience in building highly scalable and performant AI/ML platforms
- Is seasoned in development processes of continuous integration and continuous delivery
- Practices SCRUM and know how to build and guide highly effective, self-managing and high performing teams
- Has a strong bias towards action and ability to manage short-term decisions with longer-term vision
- Can align technical objectives with business goals, develop and execute roadmaps, with ability to incrementally deliver on team’s goals
Responsibilities
- Lead the strategy for development and deployment of AI/ML solutions
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product management, data science, data, and cloud infrastructure to define and execute the AI/ML platform roadmap
- Provide guidance to the design and architecture of scalable, reliable, and efficient AI/ML systems and drive critical technology decisions
- Driving the execution of the platform strategy following principles of agile methodology and best practices in software development, code quality, and security standards
- Actively participate in coding review processes, and problem-solving alongside your team
- Build and foster a high-performance culture, mentor team members and provide your team with the tools and motivation to make things happen
Benefits
- From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
