Overview

Autodesks Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Platform Data organization is seeking an experienced Software Architect. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and building the systems and services that power cross-cutting data capabilities across our organization and their integration with Autodesks existing and future AEC products. This opportunity is for you if you have a passion for the design of complex system architectures and are excited by the idea of transforming how AEC professionals use data to capture knowledge, inform decisions, and deliver projects. As a Software Architect in the AEC Platform Data, you will be at the forefront of designing the next generation of capabilities for the Autodesk Forma Industry Cloud. Youll collaborate with software architects in the AEC Platform Data team as well as with software architects from the worlds foremost applications and services for designing and constructing buildings and infrastructure, including Revit, Civil 3D, AutoCAD, the Autodesk Construction Cloud, and Autodesk Forma. Youll define the software architecture that reimagines the continuous flow of AEC Data (e.g. 3D models, 2D drawings, issue tracking, cost, sensor streams, etc.) and information throughout the entire lifecycle of a built asset, from design and construction through operation and maintenance. This is an individual contributor role reporting to the Distinguished Architect, AEC Platform Data team.

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Description Du Poste

Le département Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Platform Data dAutodesk recherche un architecte logiciel expérimenté. À ce poste, vous serez chargé de concevoir et de développer les systèmes et services qui alimentent les capacités de données transversales au sein de notre organisation et leur intégration avec les produits AEC existants et futurs dAutodesk. Cette opportunité est faite pour vous si vous êtes passionné par la conception darchitectures de systèmes complexes et si vous êtes enthousiasmé par lidée de transformer la manière dont les professionnels de lAEC utilisent les données pour acquérir des connaissances, éclairer leurs décisions et mener à bien leurs projets. En tant quarchitecte logiciel au sein de la plateforme de données AEC, vous serez à lavant-garde de la conception de la prochaine génération de fonctionnalités pour Autodesk Forma Industry Cloud. Vous collaborerez avec les architectes logiciels de léquipe de la plateforme de données AEC ainsi quavec les architectes logiciels des applications et services les plus avancés au monde pour la conception et la construction de bâtiments et dinfrastructures, notamment Revit, Civil 3D, AutoCAD, Autodesk Construction Cloud et Autodesk Forma.



Vous définirez larchitecture logicielle qui réinvente le flux continu des données AEC et des informations tout au long du cycle de vie dun actif construit, de la conception et la construction à lexploitation et la maintenance.

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Responsibilities

• Define and evolve cross-team architecture for data platforms and services in the AEC Platform Data organization
• Establish standards, reference architectures, and reusable components; drive adoption across teams in the AEC Platform Data organization
• Lead architectural governance and architectural decision records (ADRs); run design reviews across teams
• Design and guide implementation of distributed systems and data platforms (APIs, schemas, event streams; batch and streaming)
• Ensure reliability, security, and performance; define SLOs and drive observability (metrics, tracing, logging)
• Partner across the AEC organizations product and platform teams to align roadmaps and integrations
• Communicate architectures with clear views and diagrams (e.g., C4) and executive-ready narratives

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in computer science, or equivalent experience
• 10+ years as a Software Architect in data-intensive cloud environments
• Experience with cloud services, API design, database architecture, big data tools and frameworks
• Strong understanding of data modeling, management and processing principles
• Excellent knowledge of software design and architecture
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and drive cross-team alignment
• Mastery of taking complex ideas and conveying them in a concise and impactful manner
• Excellent verbal, written communication, and presentation abilities to effectively communicate software architecture strategy to a variety of stakeholders
• Ability to collaborate with a global team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industry
• Cloud services experience with AWS strongly preferred (EC2, ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, RDS)
• Database architecture and technologies: Snowflake, relational, NoSQL
• Event-driven and streaming architectures: Kafka or Kinesis; exactly-once processing; schema evolution (Avro/Protobuf)
• API and service design: REST, gRPC,
  
  
  
  GraphQL; versioning and backward compatibility at scale
• Distributed systems and data platforms: microservices, service mesh, event-driven architecture, streaming processing
• Observability/SRE: OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, metrics/SLOs for data services
• Knowledge graphs/semantic modeling (nice-to-have): RDF/OWL, property graphs, or feature stores for ML
• Experience designing and integrating AI systems and agents in enterprise environments; familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) and tool/plugin ecosystems
• Hands-on with RAG architectures: embeddings, vector stores, chunking, re-ranking, and retrieval evaluation
• Experience with agentic orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, Semantic Kernel) and function/tool calling; Assistants-style APIs
• Data governance, privacy, and safety for AI systems (PII handling, prompt-injection defenses, content filtering, auditability)
• LLM observability and evaluation: offline/online evals, guardrails, prompt/version management and telemetry (e.g., LangSmith, PromptFlow, OpenTelemetry)
• Domain-specific AI for AEC (nice-to-have): extracting structure from BIM/IFC and construction docs; CAD/point-cloud processing

Learn More / Plus dinformation

About Autodesk / À Propos D’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 – its 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 youre 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!

Salary transparency / Transparence salariale

Salary is one part of Autodesks competitive compensation package. Offers are based on the candidates experience and geographic location. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive perks package.

Diversity & Belonging / Diversité et appurtenance

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