Global DevRel Engineering Manager — AI & Platform Automation

Autodesk; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead and transform our global Developer Relations organization. You will guide engineering teams responsible for developer support, onboarding, training, and enablement across Autodesk's cloud platforms and CI/CD tooling.

You will modernize the developer experience with AI, automation, and intelligent self-service, shaping technical strategy and driving high-performing teams across multiple locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including 5+ years leading engineering teams.
• Experience designing, building, and deploying production-grade AI/ML, LLM, or agentic AI solutions.
• Strong understanding of agentic AI architectures, including RAG, tool use, orchestration, evaluation, security, and human-in-the-loop workflows.
• Experience applying AI and automation to developer productivity, technical support, or enterprise workflows.
• Strong background in software architecture, distributed systems, cloud computing, and platform engineering.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, databases, networking, and API management (GCP Apigee).
• Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native applications.
• Proven ability to define technical strategy, drive execution, and influence senior engineering leaders.
• Experience leading geographically distributed teams, hiring strong technical talent, and developing engineering leaders.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering teams across multiple locations.
• Define the technical strategy and roadmap for Developer Relations, support, onboarding, training, and developer productivity.
• Build a strong engineering culture focused on innovation, ownership, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with engineering leaders across Autodesk to identify opportunities and deliver impactful solutions.
• Lead the design and delivery of production-grade AI agents and intelligent automation solutions.
• Use AI to simplify technical support, troubleshoot engineering issues, automate repetitive tasks, and improve developer self-service.
• Integrate AI solutions with internal developer tools, documentation, APIs, CI/CD pipelines, observability platforms, and support systems.
• Ensure AI solutions are scalable, reliable, secure, observable, and properly governed.
• Establish measurable improvements in productivity and operational efficiency through AI and automation.
• Improve developer support by introducing intelligent troubleshooting and automated issue resolution.
• Modernize onboarding and training through personalized, AI-powered experiences.
• Improve access to engineering documentation, technical knowledge, and self-service resources.
• Build scalable tools and platforms that reduce friction and help developers work more efficiently.
• Drive continuous improvements across cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, observability, and developer workflows.

Skills

Leadership experience

AI/ML expertise

Software architecture

Team leadership

Cloud computing

Distributed systems

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar field

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

APIs management (GCP Apigee)

Databases

Networking

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud-native applications

Job description

Autodesk is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead and transform our global Developer Relations organization. You will guide engineering teams responsible for developer support, onboarding, training, and enablement across Autodesk's cloud platforms and CI/CD tooling.

You will modernize the developer experience with AI, automation, and intelligent self-service, shaping technical strategy and driving high-performing teams across multiple locations.