About the Role
Autodesk's Visualization Solutions power high-performance 2D and 3D visualization experiences. This role will build and lead a new team in Canada to bring agentic AI to that experience, expanding our Viewer MCP into a production-grade agentic platform for natural language interaction and intelligent assistance within Autodesk products. You will operate at the intersection of engineering execution, people leadership, and AI strategy, hiring and growing a team with machine-learning depth, setting technical direction, and forging cross-team partnerships. Success is measured by building a high-performing team, shipping reliable agentic capabilities, and establishing AI/ML as a trusted competency.
Responsibilities
- Hire, build, and grow a diverse, high-performing engineering team, including ML/AI talent new to the organization.
- Foster a culture of ownership, quality, experimentation, and responsible AI.
- Own delivery of team commitments: plan, prioritize, and ship the Viewer MCP and agentic capabilities predictably and at high quality.
- Set and drive the technical strategy and roadmap for the agentic platform, partnering with senior engineers on architecture and trust models.
- Partner across the Visualization Solutions Org, Product, UX, Applied AI, and other platform teams to expose capabilities through a shared agentic layer.
- Establish how the team evaluates AI systems (quality, safety, latency, cost) and embed evaluation into the delivery process.
- Ensure engineering best practices: code quality, testing, CI/CD, observability, and production support for AI-powered services.
- Identify risks, remove blockers, and communicate progress, trade-offs, and outcomes clearly to stakeholders and leadership.
- Define approaches in a green-field space where established procedures don't yet exist.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years leading or managing software engineers.
- 7+ years of industry software engineering experience.
- Proven track record delivering complex, production-grade systems and services.
- Experience building or leading teams that ship AI/ML-powered products (e.g., LLM/agentic workflows, recommendation/insights systems, or ML in production).
- Working understanding of LLMs and agentic workflows, and of how to evaluate AI systems.
- Strong grounding in modern software practices: cloud-native architectures, APIs, CI/CD, automated testing, and Agile delivery.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Experience standing up or scaling a new team or a new technical competency in an organization.
- Familiarity with the Model Context Protocol (MCP), agent orchestration frameworks, or composable tool/capability architectures.
- Experience with data platforms and ML infrastructure (eval pipelines, feature/data stores, model serving) and with cloud (AWS, containers).
- Familiarity with 2D/3D visualization, CAD/BIM, rendering, or graphics technologies.
- Experience partnering with Applied AI / research teams to bring models into production.
Skills
- Machine Learning
- AI
- LLMs
- Agentic workflows
- Cloud-native architectures
- APIs
- CI/CD
- Automated testing
- Agile delivery
- Data platforms
- ML infrastructure
- AWS
- Containers
- 2D/3D visualization
- CAD/BIM
- Rendering
- Graphics technologies
Location
- Canada
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 3+ years leading or managing software engineers
- 7+ years of industry software engineering experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
Salary/Compensations
- $140,000 - $205,700
Benefits
- Annual cash bonuses
- Stock grants
- Comprehensive benefits package
About the Company
- 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!
Equal Opportunity
- We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive.
