Principal Software Developer- Data Foundation

Autodesk; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Vancouver is looking for an AI Engineer to design and develop AI agents and features. This role involves collaborating with engineering teams globally, leveraging cutting-edge AI technologies, and ensuring the performance and reliability of AI solutions. Candidates should have a Bachelor's in Computer Engineering and significant experience with AI agents, programming in Python and Java.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package

Annual cash bonuses

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• 8+ years of working experience in AI development with a strong focus on AI agents and modelling.
• Rich experience in AI system design and programming skills in Python and Java.
• Excellent analytical capability and fast-learning ability.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy AI agents and product AI features.
• Collaborate with the AI Platform team on shared tools and infrastructure.
• Document findings and contribute to AI knowledge sharing across groups.

Skills

AI agent development

MCP tools

Large language models (LLMs)

Python programming

Java programming

AWS services knowledge

Education

Bachelor in Computer Engineering or equivalent MS

Tools

AI Platform

Job description

Job Requisition ID: 25WD92047

Position Overview

Autodesk Platform Service and Emerging Technology team is looking for talents to work on customer facing AI projects. In this role, you will build AI-powered features and intelligent agents for our products, hands on MCP tools and the AI Platform, driving innovation by applying cutting-edge AI technologies to deliver impactful, customer-facing solutions.

At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. It considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy AI agents and product AI features
• Hands on MCP tools to integrate AI solutions into product workflows
• Collaborate with the AI Platform team to leverage shared infrastructure, tools, and services
• Experiment with large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and multi-modal AI techniques to build intelligent applications
• Develop prototypes to validate ideas and drive them into production-ready solutions
• Document findings, share best practices, and contribute to AI knowledge sharing across other groups
• Ensure scalability, reliability, and performance of AI features in production
• Own full engineering cycle including designing, prototyping, coding, validating, deployment, and troubleshooting
• Establish strong partnership and collaborate effectively with engineering teams worldwide with concise communication, strong commitment and win-win mindset
• Develop tools to boost development like automated testing, performance monitoring, resiliency analysis, etc
• Share and bring best practice into the team/product; promote best practice/achievement to engineering community
• Lead technical discussions and design with cross-global teams
• Mentoring and leading junior members to contribute on project goals

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor in Computer Engineering with 8+ years working experience or equivalent MS
• Require excellent experience in AI such as AI agent, MCP, LLM
• Excellent programming skills with Python, Java
• Rich AI system design experience
• Excellent analytical capability and fast-learning ability

• Excellent knowledge about AWS services or similar core services from other providers
• Good leadership, communication and teamwork
• Comprehensive technical knowledge in software development methodologies, design, implementation, automation tests and deployment
• Fluent English communication

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in data scientist is a plus
• Successfully completed one or more commercial AI software development cycles is a plus
• Advanced expert role, requiring deep subject-matter knowledge and sound business acumen to advise leaders
• For jobs at this level, knowledge of the business starts to become as important as subject-matter knowledge
• Incumbents translate specialized subject-matter requirements into business needs/requirements
• Require depth of specialized expertise to interpret internal/external business issues and recommend best practices to address them
• Solve complex problems that require in-depth evaluation of variable factors by taking a broad perspective to identify the best approach and innovative solutions
• Work independently, with close guidance in only the most complex or unusual situations
• Adapt communication style to persuade various stakeholders across the business and frequently interact with senior leaders to provide advice and SME
• May lead functional teams or programs within own function (or closely related functions)

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About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

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Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

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