Job Requisition ID 26WD94741 Position Overview Autodesk is undertaking a bold transformation to become an AI-first application platform delivering a seamless unified experience that fundamentally reshapes how customers and internal teams design build and operate within an agent-driven workspace This platform will serve as the foundation for the next generation of Autodesk s Design and Make software We are seeking a Software Architect for Agentic AI Initiatives to define architect and deliver advanced AI systems capable of autonomous reasoning decision-making and self-directed execution This is a senior highly influential role that blends deep technical expertise with architectural leadership and strategic vision You will collaborate closely with engineering product research and business leaders to build domain-aware intelligent systems that accelerate innovation and deliver measurable impact across the Autodesk platform Responsibilities Architecture DevelopmentArchitect design and guide the development of AI systems including autonomous agents multi-agent frameworks and LLM-powered agents Define reference architectures patterns and best practices for integrating agentic AI into existing Autodesk platforms services and workflows Drive architectural decisions across inference orchestration tool integration memory and feedback loops Research Prototyping EvaluationEvaluate emerging AI models frameworks and tooling Prototype benchmark and assess solutions for scalability robustness safety cost efficiency and performance Translate research and experimentation into production-ready architectural guidance Production Deployment Operational ExcellenceGuide the deployment of agentic AI solutions into production environments with a focus on reliability resilience and operability Define strategies for monitoring agent behavior detecting anomalies and refining agent policies Establish feedback mechanisms for continuous learning evaluation and system improvement Ethics Safety GovernanceEnsure agentic AI systems adhere to ethical principles regulatory requirements and Autodesk governance standards throughout their lifecycle Champion best practices for data privacy security auditability and responsible AI usage Cross-Functional Leadership CommunicationPartner closely with platform architects software engineers applied AI teams product managers and business stakeholders Clearly communicate complex architectural concepts trade-offs and risks to both technical and non-technical audiences Act as a technical thought leader and mentor within the organization Minimum QualificationsBachelor s or Master s degree in Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning or a related field or equivalent practical experience 15 years of professional software engineering experience including at least 5 years in AI ML engineering or architecture roles Demonstrated experience designing and delivering complex production-grade software systems Deep understanding of AI ML algorithms architectures and frameworks Proven experience delivering AI-powered features or platforms in large-scale software products Strong ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary cross-functional teams API and service design at scale REST gRPC GraphQL including versioning and backward compatibility Distributed systems and data platforms including microservices service mesh and streaming processing architectures Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders Solid analytical and systems-thinking skills with a track record of solving complex technical challenges Ability to think strategically about the future of AI and its application to design construction manufacturing and infrastructure industries Preferred QualificationsExperience deploying and operating AI solutions at scale on major cloud platforms AWS Azure or Google Cloud Platform Strong experience with AWS services such as EC2 ECS Lambda API Gateway S3 DynamoDB and RDS Database architecture and technologies including relational and NoSQL systems Event-driven and streaming architectures Kafka or Kinesis including exactly-once processing and schema evolution Avro Protobuf Observability and SRE practices OpenTelemetry distributed tracing metrics SLIs SLOs Knowledge graphs and semantic modeling nice-to-have RDF OWL property graphs or ML feature stores Hands-on experience with RAG architectures including embeddings vector stores chunking strategies re-ranking and retrieval evaluation Experience with agent orchestration frameworks e g LangGraph Semantic Kernel function tool calling and assistants-style APIs AI data governance privacy and safety practices including PII handling prompt-injection defenses content filtering and auditability LLM observability and evaluation including offline online evaluations guardrails prompt and version management and telemetry tools e g LangSmith PromptFlow OpenTelemetry LI-SB4 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