Principal AI Developer

Autodesk Autodesk · Enterprise · Toronto, ON +1

Autodesk is seeking a Principal Software Developer to design and implement AI features for their platform, focusing on AI agents and automation. The role involves working with product managers and developers to build and maintain the platform and its roadmap, applying deep technical expertise to resolve complex programming and design problems, and ensuring scalability, security, and availability.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design, code, test, debug and document new and existing components to ensure that software meets business, quality and operational needs
  2. Drive and participate in code and document reviews, mentoring team in best practices
  3. Interpret and translate business needs to technical requirements and accurate estimates
  4. Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies and processes to ensure the highest quality and performance is achieved
  5. Work with team to troubleshoot code level problems quickly and efficiently

Skills

Required

  • 8-10+ years of professional experience with building API's using Python or Node.js
  • Experience with AI Agent tools & frameworks
  • Experience building and integrating MCP tools
  • Excellent knowledge of REST API standards, Graph and web services
  • Experience taking requirements to design and building reusable modules
  • Experience with debugging, troubleshooting and problem solving issues
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Nice to have

  • Experience building Agentic experiences and AI Automation
  • Experience with AWS Bedrock and Strands
  • Experience building and maintaining large scale production system
  • Building distributed asynchronous systems
  • Experience in AWS and services like SQS, SNS, Elastic Search, Dynamo DB, RDS, Elastic Cache etc.
  • Demonstrates SDLC best practices in coding standards, code reviews, tests and delivery
  • Familiar with Agile/Scrum, continuous integration/delivery, and modern development practices

What the JD emphasized

  • Experience with AI Agent tools & frameworks
  • Experience building Agentic experiences and AI Automation

Other signals

  • AI Agent tools & frameworks
  • Agentic experiences and AI Automation
  • AWS Bedrock and Strands