Autodesk is looking for a Principal ML Engineer, ML Platform and Systems Architecture to lead the design and evolution of large-scale machine learning platforms. In this role, you will own high ...
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| Required Credentials | Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering, often with certifications like PMP or INCOSE | Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field |
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Principal ML Engineer, Machine Learning Platform and Systems Architecture
AutodeskThree Rivers, MI • Remote
Full-time
Posted 21 days ago
Autodesk rating
9.5
Based on 5 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz
5th of 184 rated software companies
Job description
Job Requisition ID #
26WD97132, Principal Machine Learning Engineer, ML Platform and Systems Architecture
French translation to follow!/Traduction francaise a suivre!
Position Overview
The work we do at Autodesk touches nearly every person on the planet. By creating software tools for making buildings,machines, and even the latest movies, we influence and empower some of the most creative people in the world to solve problems that matter.
Autodesk is looking for a Principal ML Engineer, ML Platform and Systems Architecture to lead the design and evolution of large-scale machine learning platforms. In this role, you will own high-impact technical initiatives that span ML infrastructure,data systems, model lifecycle tooling, and production architecture. You will work closely with researchers, product teams, andengineering leadership to build the systems that bring advanced machine learning into reliable, scalable product experiences.This is a senior technical leadership role for an engineer who excels at system architecture, distributed computing, and end-to-end platform thinking. You will help define the technical direction for ML systems and drive execution across ambiguous, cross-functional, high-value initiatives.This role is fully remote-friendly, with team members distributed across the US and Canada.
Location: US or Canada Remote
Responsibilities
Lead architecture and delivery for major ML platform capabilities across training, evaluation, deployment, and observability
Design scalable systems for distributed training, data processing, feature and model lifecycle management, and production inference
Own platform-level technical outcomes from design through deployment, operations, and continuous improvement
Drive the design and scaling of data pipelines for large-scale structured and semi-structured technical datasets
Lead architecture for distributed data processing and orchestration systems such as Ray, Airflow, Spark, or similar platforms
Establish strong practices for data lineage, provenance, governance, and responsible data usage in ML systems
Guide the design of model deployment, inference services, monitoring, and observability for production ML workloads
Contribute to the development of ML-ready representations for geometry, graph, hierarchical, or multimodal data
Clarify ambiguous problem spaces, define solution approaches, and lead execution across multiple engineers and teams
Establish and improve engineering standards, operational practices, and architectural patterns for ML systems
Lead incident response for critical platform issues and drive lasting improvements across system health and supportability
Mentor engineers and act as a force multiplier through design leadership, coaching, and technical reviews
Communicate technical strategy, tradeoffs, and execution plans clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience
Typically 6 to 8 years of industry experience in software engineering, ML infrastructure, distributed systems, or platform engineering, including experience leading design and delivery of complex technical systems
Deep experience in software architecture, distributed systems, large-scale data platforms, or ML infrastructure
Strong proficiency in Python and strong command of production software engineering practices
Experience leading complex technical initiatives that span multiple engineers or cross-functional teams
Strong experience with large-scale data pipelines, distributed data processing, and cloud-native platform architectures
Experience with model deployment, inference systems, and production observability
Demonstrated ability to make architecture decisions that balance performance, scalability, reliability, and cost
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Preferred Qualifications
Experience building data governance, lineage, and provenance capabilities for ML platforms
Experience building ML-ready representations for geometry, graph, hierarchical, or multimodal data
Deep experience with distributed ML frameworks and large-scale training infrastructure
Experience with Kubernetes, workflow orchestration systems, and modern ML platform tooling
Experience with production incident leadership, service reviews, resiliency practices, and operational readiness
Familiarity with AEC data, computational design workflows, BIM/CAD ecosystems, or Autodesk products
The Ideal Candidate
Is a strong architect and hands-on engineer
Drives clarity and momentum in ambiguous spaces
Thinks at platform level and acts with strong product and business awareness
Raises the engineering bar for system design, quality, and operational excellence
Builds trust through technical depth, calm judgment, and execution leadership
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26WD97132, Ingenieur principal en apprentissage automatique, Architecture des plateformes et des systemes d'apprentissage automatique
Presentation du poste
Le travail que nous accomplissons chez Autodesk touche pratiquement chaque habitant de la planete. En creant des outils logiciels destines a la conception de batiments, de machines et meme des films les plus recents, nous influencons et donnons les moyens a certaines des personnes les plus creatives au monde de resoudre des problemes qui comptent.
Autodesk recherche un ingenieur principal en apprentissage automatique, architecture de plateformes et de systemes ML, pour diriger la conception et l'evolution de plateformes d'apprentissage automatique a grande echelle. A ce poste, vous serez responsable d'initiatives techniques a fort impact couvrant l'infrastructure ML, les systemes de donnees, les outils de gestion du cycle de vie des modeles et l'architecture de production. Vous travaillerez en etroite collaboration avec les chercheurs, les equipes produit et la direction technique pour construire les systemes qui transforment l'apprentissage automatique avance en experiences produit fiables et evolutives. Il s'agit d'un poste de direction technique senior destine a un ingenieur excellant dans l'architecture systeme, le calcul distribue et la reflexion sur les plateformes de bout en bout. Vous contribuerez a definir l'orientation technique des systemes d'apprentissage automatique et piloterez la mise en uvre d'initiatives ambigues, transversales et a forte valeur ajoutee. Ce poste est entierement compatible avec le teletravail, les membres de l'equipe etant repartis aux Etats-Unis et au Canada.
Lieu : Etats-Unis ou Canada (teletravail)
Responsabilites
Diriger l'architecture et la mise en uvre des principales fonctionnalites de la plateforme d'apprentissage automatique (ML) en matiere de formation, d'evaluation, de deploiement et d'observabilite
Concevoir des systemes evolutifs pour la formation distribuee, le traitement des donnees, la gestion du cycle de vie des caracteristiques et des modeles, ainsi que l'inference en production
Assumer la responsabilite des resultats techniques au niveau de la plateforme, de la conception au deploiement, en passant par l'exploitation et l'amelioration continue
Piloter la conception et la mise a l'echelle de pipelines de donnees pour des ensembles de donnees techniques structures et semi-structures a grande echelle
Diriger l'architecture des systemes de traitement et d'orchestration de donnees distribues tels que Ray, Airflow, Spark ou des plateformes similaires
Mettre en place des pratiques rigoureuses en matiere de tracabilite des donnees, de provenance, de gouvernance et d'utilisation responsable des donnees dans les systemes d'apprentissage automatique
Guider la conception du deploiement des modeles, des services d'inference, de la surveillance et de l'observabilite pour les charges de travail d'apprentissage automatique en production
Contribuer au developpement de representations pretes pour l'apprentissage automatique pour les donnees geometriques, graphiques, hierarchiques ou multimodales
Clarifier les problematiques ambigues, definir des approches de solution et diriger la mise en uvre en collaboration avec plusieurs ingenieurs et equipes
Etablir et ameliorer les normes d'ingenierie, les pratiques operationnelles et les modeles architecturaux pour les systemes d'apprentissage automatique
Diriger la gestion des incidents pour les problemes critiques de la plateforme et piloter des ameliorations durables en matiere de sante et de maintenabilite du systeme
Encadrer les ingenieurs et agir comme un multiplicateur de force par le biais du leadership en conception, du coaching et des revues techniques
Communiquer clairement la strategie technique, les compromis et les plans d'execution aux parties prenantes techniques et non techniques
Qualifications minimales
Licence ou master en informatique, ingenierie ou dans un domaine connexe, ou experience professionnelle equivalente
Generalement 6 a 8 ans d'experience professionnelle en genie logiciel, infrastructure ML, systemes distribues ou ingenierie de plateformes, y compris une experience dans la direction de la conception et de la mise en uvre de systemes techniques complexes
Experience approfondie en architecture logicielle, systemes distribues, plateformes de donnees a grande echelle ou infrastructure ML
Maitrise approfondie de Python et solide connaissance des pratiques d'ingenierie logicielle en production
Experience dans la direction d'initiatives techniques complexes impliquant plusieurs ingenieurs ou des equipes interfonctionnelles
Solide experience des pipelines de donnees a grande echelle, du traitement distribue des donnees et des architectures de plateformes cloud-native
Experience du deploiement de modeles, des systemes d'inference et de l'observabilite en production
Capacite averee a prendre des decisions architecturales qui concilient performances, evolutivite, fiabilite et cout
Solides competences en communication et en gestion des parties prenantes
Qualifications souhaitees
Experience dans la mise en place de capacites de gouvernance des donnees, de tracabilite et de provenance pour les plateformes d'apprentissage automatique
Experience dans la creation de representations pretes pour l'apprentissage automatique pour les donnees geometriques, graphiques, hierarchiques ou multimodales
Experience approfondie des frameworks d'apprentissage automatique distribues et des infrastructures de formation a grande echelle
Experience avec Kubernetes, les systemes d'orchestration de workflows et les outils modernes des plateformes d'apprentissage automatique
Experience dans la gestion des incidents en production, les revues de services, les pratiques de resilience et la preparation operationnelle
Connaissance des donnees AEC, des workflows de conception computationnelle, des ecosystemes BIM/CAO ou des produits Autodesk
Le candidat ideal
Est un architecte chevronne et un ingenieur de terrain
Apporte clarte et dynamisme dans des contextes ambigus
Pense a l'echelle de la plateforme et agit avec une forte conscience des produits et des enjeux commerciaux
Releve le niveau d'exigence en matiere d'ingenierie pour la conception des systemes, la qualite et l'excellence operationnelle
Instaure la confiance grace a ses connaissances techniques approfondies, son jugement serein et son leadership en matiere d'execution
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Industry
Software development
Company size
10,000+ Employees
Headquarters location
San Rafael, CA, US
Year founded
1982