Principal Applied AI Developer, Foundation Models Infrastructure
Core
Designing and evolving resilient, scalable, and secure platform services for the full lifecycle of foundation models (training, inference, evaluation, deployment) to support researchers and ML developers at Autodesk.
Role type
Principal Applied AI Developer (Foundation Models Infrastructure)
Builds
Cloud-scale ML platform services, APIs, and developer tools for training and deploying foundation models
Domain
Cloud infrastructure, Machine Learning, Foundation Models
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Kubernetes, distributed computing, cloud-native infrastructure, ML model lifecycle management, technical strategy, cross-team leadership, system architecture, CI/CD, observability
Preferred skills
AI-assisted development tools, agent orchestration, large-scale model training, platform architecture strategy, model governance, SLO/SLA design
Technologies
Kubernetes, Ray, SageMaker, AWS
Responsibilities
Define and drive technical strategy for foundation model infrastructure; Design and implement large-scale platform services for the ML lifecycle; Create self-service APIs and tools for developers; Work with Kubernetes, Ray, SageMaker, and AWS for distributed training and inference; Translate ambiguous research and product requirements into concrete technical designs; Lead complex technical initiatives across multiple teams; Mentor senior developers and raise engineering standards; Improve platform reliability, scalability, security, and cost efficiency.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
