Senior Software Engineer - AI Architecture Platform

About the role

Autodesk is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join its Forma team, which builds an AI-powered architecture design platform. The work combines cloud architecture, performance-sensitive applications and AI to support complex design and simulation workflows, helping architects, planners and developers find smarter, more sustainable solutions. The company works in small, autonomous teams with product managers and designers.

Key responsibilities

• Contribute to technical direction and give input on architectural decisions.
• Take ownership of complex features and systems, driving their design and delivery end to end.
• Contribute to technical planning and help align work with product goals.
• Navigate trade-offs between performance, cost and user experience in complex workflows.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers and designers to deliver meaningful user outcomes.
• Share knowledge and support the growth of teammates.

Required profile

• Works independently on complex problems and navigates ambiguity.
• Takes ownership of technical decisions and contributes to architectural conversations.
• Strong expertise in the primary domain with growing breadth across related technologies.
• Comfortable starting from the user and the problem, shipping fast to learn.

Required skills

• Hands-on engineering background building cloud-based, user-facing systems.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across disciplines and seniority levels.
• Experience with Agentic AI.
• Helpful: TypeScript, serverless architectures and AWS.
• Helpful: large-scale systems or platform development, cross-functional international teams.
• Helpful: 3D graphics, WebGL/WebGPU or real-time rendering in the browser, computational geometry, spatial algorithms, CAD/BIM data models.

What we offer

• Work on real-world problems with measurable environmental impact and shape technical direction at a platform level.
• Competitive compensation, pension and benefits.