Principal Software Engineer

Autodesk

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Pune, India

Why you should apply for a job to Autodesk:

  • 4/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4/5 in supportive management
  • 60% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 75% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Paid parental and maternity leaves, as well as up to $10k per calendar year for adoption, IVF, & other fertility services.
  • Paid discretionary time off for salaried employees plus a 6-week paid sabbatical after every 4 years of service.
  • A flexible workplace for most roles that meets business needs, while supporting employees with office, hybrid & remote work preferences.
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    Position summary

    ftware Engineer to join our Pune-based scrum team and contribute to the development of AI/ML features in Fusion.

    Responsibilities

    • Ship production-grade AI features according to XD designs. Ensure features meet quality, performance, and reliability standards across different OS platforms and cloud environments

    • Establish telemetry, observability, and monitoring for production AI services to ensure deep visibility into performance, errors, and costs through advanced logging and monitoring

    • Build and maintain high-availability cloud services that can handle fluctuating AI workloads without breaking the bank

    • Lead the implementation of security frameworks (SOC2, PRRAF, etc.) and ensure the cloud architecture meets rigorous compliance standards

    • Implement guardrails for data privacy, responsible AI practices, and ethical model usage

    • Establish engineering practices for AI and maintain a clean, performant codebase

    • Fully own the quality of work delivered, with a strong sense of ownership and a commitment to excellence

    • Be proactive in writing technical design documents, participating in design and code reviews, estimating tasks, and documenting code

    • Work closely and iteratively with developers, the quality team, and user experience designers

    • Collaborate with an extended team of developers, the quality team, and product designers in India and other engineering sites worldwide

    • Be flexible and respond quickly to multiple priorities under changing conditions

    • Mentor and coach other team members

    • Passionate about customer success

    Minimum Qualifications

    • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field

    • 8+ years of industry experience building and delivering robust, performant, and maintainable commercial applications

    • Proficiency with AWS or Azure and cloud technologies such as SageMaker, Postman, Splunk, and Dynatrace, including managing complex, multi-service environments

    • Proven track record of taking AI/ML models out of "the lab" and into a live, scalable production environment

    • Deep familiarity with security domains and the audit process for SOC2 or similar frameworks. Know how to bake security into the code, not add it later

    • Experience with telemetry tools to monitor both system health and AI model drift

    • Pragmatic mindset: Understand the trade-offs between perfect code and speed to market

    • Tech lead experience in previous roles

    • Experience with building AI-powered workflows (prompt design, guardrails, evaluation) and integrating AI into complex desktop/cloud products

    • Experience with system-level thinking and architecture design

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Experience in CAD software development

    • Experience with Agile software development practices

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    About Autodesk

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    Why you should apply for a job to Autodesk:

  • 4/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4/5 in supportive management
  • 60% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 75% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Paid parental and maternity leaves, as well as up to $10k per calendar year for adoption, IVF, & other fertility services.
  • Paid discretionary time off for salaried employees plus a 6-week paid sabbatical after every 4 years of service.
  • A flexible workplace for most roles that meets business needs, while supporting employees with office, hybrid & remote work preferences.