Autodesk

SoftwareDevelopmentManager,GenerativeAI

Toronto, Ontario, Canada; United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Software Development Manager, Generative AI at Autodesk. Skills: Generative AI, Full-stack engineering, Client-side development, API integration. Manage a full-stack engineering team. Integrate AI capabilities into product experiences”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver production-quality solutions; Ensure predictable delivery; Ensure team delivers on schedule

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Architecture decisions; Implementation decisions; Performance tradeoffs; Pragmatic tradeoffs

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

7+ years professional software engineering experience, Hands-on full-stack experience, Experience leading teams, Experience designing integration surfaces, Experience working with ML/AI teams, Practical familiarity with cloud-native development, Practical familiarity with CI/CD, Practical familiarity with operational practices, Written and verbal communication proven ability

Nice to Have

Direct experience designing orchestration frameworks, Direct experience operating orchestration frameworks, Direct experience designing model-invocation patterns, Direct experience operating model-invocation patterns, JavaScript/TypeScript, React (or equivalent), WebGL/OpenGL/three.js, Desktop/plugin integrations (C#/.NET or equivalent), Familiarity with browser developer tools, Familiarity with logging, Familiarity with performance monitoring, Experience with unit testing frameworks, Experience with integration testing frameworks, Experience with contract testing frameworks, Familiarity with security considerations, Familiarity with privacy considerations, Familiarity with compliance considerations, Domain experience in AEC, Domain experience in design workflows, Domain experience in engineering workflows

What You'll Do.

Manage a full-stack engineering team

Integrate AI capabilities into product experiences

Define shared data representations

Deliver developer-facing integration surfaces

Design client components

Design server components

Invoke automated assistants

Orchestrate automated flows

Translate product priorities into engineering plans

Ensure predictable delivery

Provide hands-on technical guidance

Make pragmatic architecture decisions

Make pragmatic implementation decisions

Lead engineers implementing UI

Lead engineers implementing client integrations

Own client architecture

Own performance tradeoffs

Collaborate with UX/design

Ensure frontend quality

Conduct performance conversations

Manage career development

Foster a culture of ownership

Foster a culture of quality

Foster a culture of psychological safety

Turn product priorities into milestones

Ensure team delivers on schedule

Work closely with product partners

Work closely with research partners

Translate capabilities into product experiences

Make sensible tradeoffs for UX

Make sensible tradeoffs for latency

Make sensible tradeoffs for cost

Champion an API-first approach

Contribute to platform initiatives

Lead team to design data representations

Lead team to design data transformations

Own delivery of integration surfaces

Own delivery of developer tooling

Emphasize reliability

Emphasize developer experience

Ensure services are observable

Ensure services are reliable

Partner with security teams

Partner with privacy teams

Embed governance into feature flows

Embed access controls into feature flows

Embed safety practices into feature flows

Promote automated quality checks

Promote contract testing

Promote developer tooling

Work closely with Platform teams

Work closely with ML/Research teams

Define acceptable behavior for flows

Define failure modes for flows

Deliver integrated solutions

Strengthen front-end capabilities

Strengthen full-stack capabilities

Participate in interview calibration

Participate in hiring

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional partnership; Work with Product; Work with ML/Research; Work with UX/design; Work with Security/Privacy; Work with Platform teams

Communication Scope

Written communication; Verbal communication

Process & Methodology

Scope management, Dependency management, Milestone planning

Full Job Description

**Job Requisition ID #** 26WD97217 **Position Overview** Autodesk is building cloud-scale software, data platforms, and AI-enabled capabilities that help customers design, build, and operate the world around them. As the Software Development Manager, you will be the frontline manager for a full-stack engineering team responsible for integrating our AI capabilities and agentic workflows into product experiences. Your team will define shared data representations, deliver developer-facing integration surfaces, and design the client and server components that let products and partners safely invoke and orchestrate automated assistants and flows. You will translate product priorities into engineering plans, coach and grow engineers, and ensure predictable delivery of production-quality solutions. Join us in transforming the AEC industry and shaping the future of design and construction. Make an impact and help build a new team from the ground up. **Report:** You will report to a Senior Software Development Manager in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Solutions Team. **Location:** We support hybrid work, and you work near our Toronto, Canada offices or East Coast United States. **Team Scope** You will directly manage engineers responsible for: * Integrating AI-enabled capabilities and agentic workflows into frontend and backend product flows * Defining and implementing shared, granular data representations that enable consistent use across features * Delivering integration surfaces and developer-facing tooling that make capabilities accessible to product teams and partners * Operating with an API-first mindset and contributing to platform initiatives (including model-control platform efforts) that provide consistent invocation, governance, and operational patterns for capability use across the company * Delivering both client-side and server-side functionality and owning the end-to-end experience for the features your team ships * Leading client-side a

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