Senior Cloud Architect for AEC Data & APIs

Autodesk, Inc; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk, Inc is seeking a Senior Software Architect to shape cloud-native services for the AECDM and related data models. You will define API surfaces, service contracts, and distributed-system patterns across multiple teams including Revit, Civil 3D, AutoCAD, and Forma.

The role emphasizes governance, ADRs, and scalable data schemas, while mentoring engineers and driving high-availability architectures for Autodesk's Forma Industry Cloud initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years designing cloud-native distributed systems.
• 5+ years cross-team architect altitude (Software Architect, Principal Engineer, Staff+ or equivalent).
• Deep expertise in cloud services (AWS), API design, and distributed-systems patterns.
• Strong leadership and communication skills across multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• API Design & Evolution: design and evolve API surfaces across AEC Data services.
• System Architecture: define and evolve cross-team, cloud-native architecture and distributed systems.
• Schema Design & Evolution: design and evolve data schemas for AECDM entities with versioning and compatibility.
• Standards & Governance: establish reference architectures and ADRs; run cross-team reviews.
• Prototyping & Feasibility: model and prototype directions to derisk key decisions.
• Mentorship & Technical Leadership: mentor engineers and architects across teams.
• Reliability & Performance: ensure reliability, security, and performance; define SLOs and observability.

Skills

AWS

API Design

Distributed Systems

Data Modeling

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Kafka

Kinesis

AWS Glue

GraphQL

Job description

Autodesk, Inc is seeking a Senior Software Architect to shape cloud-native services for the AECDM and related data models. You will define API surfaces, service contracts, and distributed-system patterns across multiple teams including Revit, Civil 3D, AutoCAD, and Forma.

The role emphasizes governance, ADRs, and scalable data schemas, while mentoring engineers and driving high-availability architectures for Autodesk's Forma Industry Cloud initiatives.