Senior Platform Engineer: AI-Driven DevEx & Automation

Autodesk, Inc.; Dublin; On-site; EUR 71,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk, Inc. in Ireland seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to own the architecture and evolution of onboarding and enablement platforms.

You will drive CI/CD pipelines, IaC automation, and cloud-native tooling across distributed systems, while guiding teams and delivering AI-powered automation to enhance developer self-service. You will collaborate with platform and application teams, design scalable solutions, and contribute to platform modernization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 8+ years of experience building scalable cloud-native applications using Python, Node.js, or similar frameworks.
• 8+ years of experience in cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
• 8+ years of experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines and SDLC automation (Jenkins, CloudBees, Spinnaker, etc.).
• 8+ years of experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and platform automation tools (Terraform, Helm, Ansible, etc.).
• Experience with containerized and distributed systems using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, observability, and distributed system design.
• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and incident resolution skills.
• Experience creating operational documentation (runbooks, engineering guides, system design docs).
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across engineering teams.
• Hands-on experience building and deploying production AI/ML systems.
• Experience with agentic AI systems or LLM-based automation workflows (tool use, orchestration, autonomous agents).
• Proven ability to operate at a Senior Engineer level, combining hands-on execution with architecture ownership and technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the architecture and evolution of developer onboarding and enablement platforms.
• Standardize and improve service deployment processes across application teams.
• Accelerate onboarding and deployment timelines through scalable platform automation.
• Design and implement cloud-native automation to reduce manual effort across onboarding workflows.
• Build and support developer enablement tooling and internal platform services.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance and support for developers using internal platforms.
• Troubleshoot complex platform and integration issues across distributed systems.
• Collaborate with application and platform teams to ensure evolving developer needs are met.
• Design and implement AI/ML and agentic AI solutions to automate onboarding, enhance troubleshooting, and improve developer self-service capabilities.
• Apply AI-driven automation to improve platform efficiency, reliability, and developer experience at scale.
• Define and contribute to technical roadmap planning for platform modernization and automation initiatives.
• Create and maintain high-quality technical documentation, runbooks, and enablement materials.
• Stay current with emerging technologies in cloud platforms, AI/ML, and agentic AI systems.

Skills

Python

Node.js

Cloud-native design

CI/CD expertise

Infrastructure-as-Code

AI/ML experience

Agentic AI systems

Platform automation

Senior engineering leadership

DevOps collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Helm

Ansible

Jenkins

CloudBees

Spinnaker

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Autodesk, Inc. in Ireland seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to own the architecture and evolution of onboarding and enablement platforms.

You will drive CI/CD pipelines, IaC automation, and cloud-native tooling across distributed systems, while guiding teams and delivering AI-powered automation to enhance developer self-service. You will collaborate with platform and application teams, design scalable solutions, and contribute to platform modernization.