Job Requisition ID 25WD90121 Position Overview Are you a problem solver who thrives on building real-world AI applications Do you geek out over LLMs RAG MCP and agentic architectures Want to help shape a brand-new team and build cool stuff that actually ships If so read on We re building a current Applied AI team within Autodesk s Data and Process Management DPM group As a Founding Principal Engineer you ll be at the heart of this initiative working in a highly dynamic environment designing building and scaling AI-powered experiences across our diverse portfolio providing critical Product Lifecycle Management PLM and Product Data Management PDM capabilities to our customers You ll work on real production systems solve hard problems and help define the future of AI at Autodesk Responsibilities Build AI-powered Experiences Architect and develop production-grade AI applications that are scalable resilient secure Shape AI Strategy Help define the AI roadmap for DPM by identifying opportunities evaluating emerging technologies and guiding long-term direction Operationalize LLMs Fine-tune evaluate and deploy large language models in production environments Balance performance cost and user experience while working with real-world data and constraints Build for Builders Design frameworks and tools that make it easier for other teams to develop AI-powered experiences Guide Engineering Practices Collaborate with other engineering teams to define and evolve best practices for AI experimentation evaluation and optimization Provide technical guidance and influence decisions across teams Drive Innovation Stay on top of the latest in AI technologies e g LLMs VLMs Foundation Models Architecture Patterns such as fine-tuning RAG function calling MCP and more and bring these innovations to production effectively Optimize for Scale Ensure AI applications are resilient performant and can scale well in production Collaborate Across Functions Partner with product managers architects engineers and data scientists to bring AI features to life in Autodesk products Minimum Qualifications Masters in computer science AI Machine Learning Data Science or a related field 10 years building scalable cloud-native applications with 3 years focused on production AI ML systems Deep understanding of LLMs VLMs and foundation models including their architecture limitations and practical applications Experience fine-tuning LLMs using real-world datasets and integrating them into production systems Experience with LLM related technologies including frameworks embedding models vector databases and Retrieval-Augmented Generation RAG systems MCP in production settings Deep understanding of data modeling system architectures and processing techniques Experience with AWS cloud services and SageMaker Studio or similar for scalable data processing and model development Proven track record of building and deploying scalable cloud-native AI applications using platforms like AWS Azure or Google Cloud Proficiency in Python or TypeScript You love tackling complex challenges and delivering elegant scalable solutions You can explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non- technical audiences Preferred Qualifications Experience building AI applications in the CAD or manufacturing domain Experience designing evaluation pipelines for LLM-based systems e g prompt testing hallucination detection safety filters Familiarity with tools and frameworks for LLM fine-tuning and orchestration e g LoRA QLoRA AoT P-Tuning etc A passion for mentoring and growing engineering talent Experience with emerging Agentic AI solutions such as LangGraph CrewAI A2A Opik Comet or equivalents Contributions to open-source AI projects or publications in the field Bonus points if you ve ever explained RAG to a non-technical friend and they got it LI-Hybrid LI-SB4 Learn More About Autodesk Welcome to Autodesk Amazing things are created every day with our software - 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📌 Principal Software Engineer(applied Ai) (Maharashtra)
🏢 Autodesk
📍 Maharashtra