Senior Principal Engineer
Core
Lead technical strategy and evolution of cloud platform, developer experience, and AI-enabled engineering capabilities to accelerate software delivery across Autodesk.
Role type
Senior Principal Engineer (Platform Engineering & AI)
Builds
Scalable, secure, and reliable cloud platforms, Internal Developer Platforms (IDP), and AI-enabled platform services.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, Platform Engineering, Enterprise AI
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure | product features
Required skills
AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, AWS CDK, ArgoCD/GitOps, CI/CD, observability, SRE practices, cloud security, distributed systems design, Python/Java/TypeScript/Go, LLM APIs, RAG, agentic workflows, MCP, enterprise AI architecture
Preferred skills
Internal Developer Platforms (Backstage), multi-cloud (Azure), service mesh, policy-as-code, enterprise security platforms, SOX/SOC2 compliance, FinOps, MLOps/LLMOps, model-serving (KServe/vLLM), vector-search (OpenSearch/pgvector)
Responsibilities
Define technical vision for Platform Engineering and IDP; Architect cloud-native platforms on AWS using Kubernetes and IaC; Build scalable platform services; Establish reusable platform capabilities and automation; Drive operational excellence via observability and incident management; Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews and mentoring.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic leadership