Who you are

• The role requires deep system-level thinking, hands-on engineering and the ability to influence across teams and the organization
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, ML engineering or related fields, with a proven track record delivering production ML systems at scale
• Strong C++ and TypeScript experience for integration points with desktop and web products
• Experience mentoring senior engineers and contributing to hiring and technical culture
• Experience integrating and evaluating third-party models and LLMs, including prompt engineering, RAG patterns and safety controls
• Proven ability to design low-latency systems and integrate ML into C++ desktop stacks or front-end platforms for real-time inference
• Strong systems thinking, software architecture skills and the ability to reason about performance, reliability, security and cost trade-offs
• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence product, engineering and business stakeholders as a senior technical contributor
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience. Advanced degree preferred
• Domain knowledge in AEC, design or manufacturing
• Solid cloud platform experience, preferably AWS, and familiarity with containerization and orchestration such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Hands-on experience with responsible AI tooling, bias testing frameworks and explainability platforms
• A technical builder who sets high engineering standards and raises the bar with clear judgement and mentorship
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, collaborative and matrixed environment, and able to influence without direct reporting authority
• Demonstrates One ORBIT values by being optimistic, relentless about outcomes, brave in taking smart risks, ingenious in problem solving and trusted in delivery and communication

What the job involves

• We are hiring a senior technical leader to architect, build and operationalize high-impact applied AI and ML systems across Autodesk products with a focus on the Fusion Industry Cloud (FIC)
• The Senior Principal Engineer will be the technical owner for complex ML initiatives, including integration points with FIC products
• This role will partner closely with Product, Engineering and the Applied AI manager to turn ML investments into reliable, production-grade capabilities and measurable product outcomes
• You will lead the design and delivery of foundational applied AI capabilities that directly impact product experience and customer outcomes
• This role offers the opportunity to solve hard engineering problems, shape technical strategy across product lines and help scale a world-class Applied AI practice within a collaborative and mission-driven company
• Lead design and delivery of large-scale applied AI systems that are production-ready, reliable and maintainable
• Own system architecture, component design and critical technical decisions for agent integration, agent stores and production observability of agent performance
• Evaluate, prototype and operationalize advanced model approaches, including LLM integrations, retrieval-augmented generation, hybrid model architectures and agentic components
• Define and enforce standards for agent and model governance, responsible AI, bias detection, explainability and data privacy
• Mentor and technically coach Applied AI engineers; lead architecture reviews, code reviews and cross-team design sessions
• Collaborate with product and UX partners to translate product goals into technical requirements, success metrics and experiment strategies
• Represent technical designs and trade-offs to leadership, support hiring and interviews, and help define the Applied AI roadmap in partnership with the manager