Principal Software Developer Engineer, Software Engineer: Generative AI , C#

Position Overview

Autodesk is leading the transformation of the AEC industry, integrating AI technology into our products. We're enhancing our applications with cloud-native capabilities, including data at scale, edge computing, AI-based solutions, and advanced 3D modeling and graphics. This innovation is happening across our flagship products—AutoCAD, Revit, Construction Cloud—and Forma, our new Industry Cloud.

As a Full-Stack Software Developer on the AEC Solutions group, you will join a team of technologists to help build foundation models and generative AI tools for the AEC industry. You will collaborate across organizations with a versatile group of AI Researchers, ML Engineers, Software Architects, and Experience Designers to develop generative AI solutions that enhance AEC customer workflows.

Location: We support hybrid work, and you work near our Boston, Massachusetts or Toronto, Canada offices.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers, engineering teams, and experience designers to develop and test working software

• Contribute to the implementation of individual software components, with a high emphasis on quality, test-driven development, and sound software engineering practices

• Participate in software design reviews, conduct peer code reviews, and provide input and feedback to other members of the development team

• Write unit/functional/regression tests for the code you create, and contribute to test automation, continuous integration, and deployment processes together with everyone else in the development team

Minimum Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science or related technical field

• 6+ years of software engineering experience

• Strong experience in C# and the .NET framework for building scalable, high-performance applications

• Strong front-end web development experience, building scalable web applications and components using UI libraries such as React and working with Typescript/Javascript

• Understanding of modern software practices including Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery

• Experience with Scrum and Agile development processes and methodologies

• Expertise with Git and GitHub for source control and collaboration within a team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the AEC industry, using Autodesk products such as Revit, AutoCAD, or Forma, and AEC data schemas and standards, especially using the product APIs for plugin development

• Experience with OpenGL/WebGL or other graphics programming interfaces, including graphics libraries such as three.js

• Familiarity with browser dev tools, logging libraries, and performance monitoring

• Knowledge of WebAssembly for optimizing performance

• Familiarity with unit and integration testing frameworks such as Jest, Mocha, etc.

• Familiarity with machine learning practices

• Familiarity with optimization of 3D data visualization techniques

• Previous back-end service and API development using common protocols such as HTTP, grpc, or websockets

The Ideal Candidate

• Easily collaborates with other members of an Agile team to get products and components developed and completed

• Constantly strives to learn new technologies and methodologies

• Is adaptable, customer-focused, creative and seeks new ways to solve hard problems

About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Benefits

From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

Diversity & Belonging

We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging

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