Principal Agentic AI Platform Architect

Autodesk; Ontario (CA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk is seeking a Principal MCP/AI Developer to set the technical direction for an agentic platform that enables natural-language interaction with complex models. You will lead architecture, tool model, and trust frameworks while guiding cross‑team AI initiatives across the Visualization Solutions Org.

You will bring deep applied-ML and ML‑systems expertise, mentor engineers, and work hands-on on critical areas to raise the org’s AI capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science / Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 8–12+ years of software engineering, including significant work on large-scale or platform systems.
• Deep, hands‑on experience building and operating AI/ML systems in production — LLMs, agents, orchestration, RAG.
• Expert proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript and modern web technologies; strong architecture skills across distributed systems, APIs, and composable services.
• Proven ability to lead cross‑team technical initiatives and influence without direct authority.
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently in highly ambiguous problem spaces.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the technical strategy for the agentic platform: the MCP tool/capability model, agent-orchestration architecture, context/memory, retrieval, and trust model.
• Frame and prioritize the highest-impact AI problems, aligned with product and platform strategy, and turn ambiguity into clear, executable plans.
• Establish the evaluation and quality framework for AI systems — accuracy, safety, latency, cost — and the practices for fine‑tune‑vs‑prompt and model‑selection decisions.
• Set the architecture for trust: traceability, auditability, reversibility, human‑in‑the‑loop, and confidence signaling, as platform‑wide standards.
• Lead the design and delivery of large, cross‑team initiatives that span multiple products and services; influence and align teams across the Visualization Solutions Org.
• Drive adoption of shared agentic capabilities, frameworks, and patterns; raise engineering standards and ML maturity across the org.
• Act as technical authority for critical decisions and trade‑offs across performance, scalability, cost, and developer experience.
• Mentor senior engineers, partner with Product/UX/Applied AI on long‑term roadmap, and stay hands‑on in the most critical areas of the system.

Skills

TypeScript

JavaScript

Distributed systems

APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE

Master's degree in CS/CE

Tools

LLMs

Agents

RAG

Job description

Autodesk is seeking a Principal MCP/AI Developer to set the technical direction for an agentic platform that enables natural-language interaction with complex models. You will lead architecture, tool model, and trust frameworks while guiding cross‑team AI initiatives across the Visualization Solutions Org.

You will bring deep applied-ML and ML‑systems expertise, mentor engineers, and work hands-on on critical areas to raise the org’s AI capabilities.