Job Requisition ID #

25WD85547

Position Overview 

Autodesk is leading the transformation of the AEC industry, integrating AI technology into our products. We're enhancing our applications with cloud-native capabilities, including data at scale, edge computing, AI-based solutions, and advanced 3D modeling and graphics. This innovation is happening across our flagship products—AutoCAD, Revit, and Construction Cloud—and Forma, our new Industry Cloud. 

 

As a Principal Software Developer on the AEC Solutions team, you will join a team of technologists to build data pipelines to power our work in artificial intelligence, deep learning, generative AI, machine learning, reinforcement learning, information retrieval, and natural language processing. You will collaborate across organizations with a versatile group of AI Researchers, ML Engineers, Software Architects, and Experience Designers that are building cutting-edge foundation models and generative AI tools for the AEC industry. You'll also help ensure that we maintain privacy and security standards respecting and safeguarding our customers' data. 

 

Report: You will report to the Senior AI/ML Development Manager in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Solutions Team. 

 Location: We support hybrid work, and you work near our Boston, Massachusetts or Toronto, Canada offices. 

 

Responsibilities 

Design scalable, distributed systems and microservices in a production setting

Develop scalable and resilient data ingestion and processing pipelines, monitoring and self-healing systems that power AI-based solutions for AEC workflows

Take ownership of the implementation of individual software components, with a high emphasis on quality, test-driven development, and sound software engineering practices

Participate in software design reviews, conduct peer code reviews, and provide input and feedback to other members of the development team

Write unit, functional, regression tests for the code you create, and contribute to the test automation, continuous integration, and deployment processes together with everyone else in the development team

Work with software architects and product managers to translate overall system architecture and product requirements into well-designed and implemented software components

Mentor junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement

 

Minimum Qualifications 

BS or MS in Computer Science or related technical field

10+ years of software engineering experience

Experience writing performant code in Java or Python

Experience developing data ingestion and processing pipelines, monitoring and self-healing systems

Experience delivering production applications with Amazon Web Services 

Proficiency in serverless and managed Amazon Web Services including Lambdas, AWS Step, and SQS

Experience in utilizing AWS IAM to develop secure solutions, specifically with resource access policies and IAM roles

Experience with AWS infrastructure as code solutions, such as CDK or Cloud Formation

Experience working with Data Lake or Warehouses, ETLs

Experience with microservices and RESTful web services

Experience with modern software practices including Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Infrastructure-as-Code

Experience with Scrum and Agile development processes and methodologies

 

Preferred Qualifications 

Experience in the AEC industry, Autodesk products such as Revit, and AEC data schemas and standards

Experience with cloud-native capabilities, including data at scale, edge computing, and AI-based solutions

 

Ideal Candidate 

You easily collaborate with other members of an Agile team to get products and components developed and completed

You are constantly striving to learn new technologies and methodologies

You exhibit a low tolerance for inefficiency and have a burning desire to automate anything that can be automated

You are adaptable, customer-focused, and seek new ways to solve hard problems

You have a passion for making simple, scalable platforms used by other engineering teams

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About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. 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. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $141,400 and $228,800. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, we also have a significant emphasis on annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

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