Senior Principal Engineer, AI/ML Platform

Position Overview

Autodesk is seeking a passionate and experienced Software Architect to lead our skilled team of software and ML engineers in the design, development, and execution of AMP, our next generation machine learning platform.

You will be working to develop the next generation of Agentic AI features in Autodesk products.

A successful candidate will require providing technical leadership, driving the technical strategy, execution, and delivery of scalable AI/ML platform, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and priorities, driving adoption of the Platform. This role 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. A successful candidate will deliver while motivating the team and instilling a culture of engineering excellence.

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

Minimum Qualifications

• 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

The Ideal Candidate

• 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