Job Requisition ID #
26WD94889
Position Overview
As a global leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software, Autodesk helps people imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk accelerates better design through an unparalleled depth of experience and a broad portfolio of software to give customers the power to solve their design, business, and environmental challenges. This is an exciting time to join us on our multi-year journey to disrupt the Design to Manufacture world with Fusion by delivering unprecedented value and converging workflows with cloud-based technology. We are rapidly combining many worlds' leading technologies and teams into the Fusion family.
The role is with one of the Fusion teams in the Design and Manufacturing Organization within the Product Design and Manufacturing Solutions division. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our Pune-based scrum team and contribute to the development of AI/ML features in Fusion.
Responsibilities
- Ship production-grade AI features according to XD designs. Ensure features meet quality, performance, and reliability standards across different OS platforms and cloud environments
- Establish telemetry, observability, and monitoring for production AI services to ensure deep visibility into performance, errors, and costs through advanced logging and monitoring
- Build and maintain high-availability cloud services that can handle fluctuating AI workloads without breaking the bank
- Lead the implementation of security frameworks (SOC2, PRRAF, etc.) and ensure the cloud architecture meets rigorous compliance standards
- Implement guardrails for data privacy, responsible AI practices, and ethical model usage
- Establish engineering practices for AI and maintain a clean, performant codebase
- Fully own the quality of work delivered, with a strong sense of ownership and a commitment to excellence
- Be proactive in writing technical design documents, participating in design and code reviews, estimating tasks, and documenting code
- Work closely and iteratively with developers, the quality team, and user experience designers
- Collaborate with an extended team of developers, the quality team, and product designers in India and other engineering sites worldwide
- Be flexible and respond quickly to multiple priorities under changing conditions
- Mentor and coach other team members
- Passionate about customer success
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field
- 8+ years of industry experience building and delivering robust, performant, and maintainable commercial applications
- Proficiency with AWS or Azure and cloud technologies such as SageMaker, Postman, Splunk, and Dynatrace, including managing complex, multi-service environments
- Proven track record of taking AI/ML models out of "the lab" and into a live, scalable production environment
- Deep familiarity with security domains and the audit process for SOC2 or similar frameworks. Know how to bake security into the code, not add it later
- Experience with telemetry tools to monitor both system health and AI model drift
- Pragmatic mindset: Understand the trade-offs between “perfect code” and “speed to market”
- Tech lead experience in previous roles
- Experience with building AI-powered workflows (prompt design, guardrails, evaluation) and integrating AI into complex desktop/cloud products
- Experience with system-level thinking and architecture design
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in CAD software development
- Experience with Agile software development practices
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