Autodesk

AEC industry

PrincipalSoftwareEngineer

$1100–1600k ~AI est. Norway FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Principal Software Engineer at Autodesk. Skills: Agentic AI, Platform engineering, AI integration. Define technical architecture for agentic AI platform. Evolve MCP tooling”

What You'll Achieve.

Unlock smarter AI-assisted workflows; Ensure platform is secure; Ensure platform is scalable; Ensure platform is built for long term

Industry & Context.

AEC industry
Problems you'll solve

Resolve hard trade-offs

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years experience, Technical expertise, Strategic thinking, Hands-on engineering

Nice to Have

Experience building AI products, Experience operating AI products, RAG pipelines experience, Embeddings experience, Knowledge graphs experience, Vector search experience, Platform engineering experience, Ecosystem engineering experience, TypeScript familiarity, Serverless architectures familiarity, AWS familiarity, Experience in cross-functional teams, Experience in international teams

What You'll Do.

Define technical architecture for agentic AI platform

Evolve SDK capabilities

Define integration patterns for domain agents

Expose domain agents to AI orchestrators

Serve as technical lead to AI platform team

Converge domain-agent patterns

Enable squads to ship MCPs

Set patterns for MCPs

Unblock teams for MCPs

Drive strategic direction for AI ecosystem participation

Ensure platform is agent-agnostic

Ensure platform is composable

Ensure platform is built for extensibility

Navigate trade-offs in authentication

Navigate trade-offs in authorization

Navigate trade-offs in trust models

Resolve trade-offs for AI-driven workflows

Define OAuth patterns

Define secure agent interactions

Collaborate with product managers

Collaborate with designers

Collaborate with engineers

Connect platform decisions to user outcomes

Elevate thinking in AI domain

Elevate building in AI domain

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-team boundaries; Across squads; Product managers; Designers; Engineers; International product teams

Communication Scope

Communicate complex ideas; Make concepts accessible

Full Job Description

**Job Requisition ID #** 26WD98096 **Help shape how AI interacts with the future of design** We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join us in defining and building the agentic AI layer at Autodesk Forma Design. You will define how Forma's domain agents — analysis, generation, contextual data, authoring — are exposed to Autodesk Assistant, Autodesk's AI platform, and any third-party orchestrator that speaks MCP. One intelligence layer, multiple surfaces, built once. As a Principal Engineer, you'll set technical direction for our agentic capabilities across the organisation. You'll define how we expose Forma's domain agents to AI orchestrators, how we evolve our public APIs and MCP tooling, and how teams across Forma adopt consistent, composable patterns for AI integration. You communicate complex ideas clearly and bring others along, helping teams make better decisions and move faster. Your work will make it possible for architects, planners, and developers to unlock smarter, AI-assisted workflows, while ensuring the platform they rely on is secure, scalable, and built for the long term. ## About us We're on a mission to help design better cities. With 90% of future population growth expected in urban areas, and construction responsible for around 40% of global CO₂ emissions, the AEC industry must evolve. Our cloud-based Autodesk Forma platform helps users evaluate design choices based on environmental impact, living quality (sun, daylight, noise), and project feasibility. We started as Spacemaker in Norway and became part of Autodesk in 2020. [Learn more about Autodesk Forma here.](https://www.autodesk.com/products/forma) ## How we work We work in small, autonomous teams with a high degree of trust and ownership. We strongly believe in servant leadership and team accountability. In each team, software engineers work closely together with product managers and designers. To learn more about our way of working, read through our [tech](https://github.com/s

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