Software Development Engineer
About The Position
Autodesk is building a shared AI-assisted commerce platform that enables AI copilots and agents to safely discover, recommend, and transact Autodesk offerings. As a Backend / Platform Developer, you will design and build the core APIs and orchestration layer (MCP) that connect AI systems to Autodesk’s existing commerce infrastructure (pricing, subscriptions, entitlements, checkout), with enterprise-grade reliability, security, and governance. This role sits at the intersection of platform engineering, distributed systems, and applied AI enablement.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience building backend or platform services
- Strong proficiency in Java, Node Js, or similar backend languages (or equivalent)
- Experience with distributed systems, APIs, and service orchestration
- Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures (AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD)
- Hands-on experience integrating backend systems with: LLMs, AI agents, or ML-driven services, Tool / function calling or workflow orchestration
- Understanding of AI system characteristics: Non-determinism, Latency tradeoffs, Safety and guardrails
- Experience with: Authorization, security, and data protection, Auditability and compliance requirements, High-availability and fault-tolerant systems
Nice To Haves
- Experience with commerce systems (pricing, subscriptions, billing, payments)
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures and async workflows
- Experience building shared platforms used by multiple teams
- Exposure to experimentation, metrics, or AI evaluation frameworks
Responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable APIs for: Product discovery and offering configuration, Pricing and promotion resolution, Subscription, entitlement, and eligibility validation, Ensure APIs are deterministic, explainable, and versioned for AI
- Build orchestration workflows that allow AI agents to perform multi-step commerce actions safely
- Implement guardrails for: Pricing and contract rules, Enterprise and channel policies, Approval flows and rollback handling, Provide observability, audit logs, and traceability for AI-driven actions
- Partner with AI/ML developers to integrate LLM-based agents via tools, APIs, and function calling
- Design systems resilient to non-deterministic AI behavior
- Support evaluation, monitoring, and error handling for AI-triggered workflows
- Integrate with existing Autodesk commerce, identity, and platform services
- Define API contracts and platform standards used across product teams
- Contribute to long-term platform architecture and scalability decisions
Benefits
- From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work.
- Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
