Principal Full Stack AI Engineer (LLMs, Agentic AI & React/TypeScript)

Job Requisition ID # 26WD97978 Position Overview The DFA Applied AI team at Autodesk builds intelligent, AI-powered solutions that enable users to discover, access, manage, and collaborate on design and manufacturing data through natural language and intuitive user experiences. Our work combines LLM-powered agents, scalable backend services, and reusable UI components to deliver seamless, connected workflows across Autodesk products and data sources. Responsibilities - Lead the architecture, design, and delivery of full-stack AI-powered solutions, from backend agent services to React/TypeScript user experiences. - Design and develop LLM-powered agents, including tool calling, orchestration, streaming responses, and multi-turn conversational workflows. - Build scalable backend services, APIs, and integrations that enable secure access to design and manufacturing data. - Develop reusable React/TypeScript components and intuitive user experiences for AI-powered and data access workflows. - Drive technical decisions across agent architecture, LLM integration, backend services, and cloud infrastructure. - Ensure production readiness through robust testing, security, performance, reliability, and observability. - Mentor engineers, establish engineering best practices, and own features from design through production. Minimum Qualifications - 10+ years of software engineering experience building and delivering large-scale production systems. - Hands-on experience with LLM application patterns, including tool use, streaming responses, multi-turn conversations, and context/session management. - Production experience with agent frameworks (e.g., Strands Agents, LangGraph, AutoGen) and/or protocols such as MCP or A2A. - Strong proficiency in Python and/or Java, including async programming, testing, and building scalable backend services and REST/streaming APIs. - Experience developing and deploying cloud-native applications on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, IAM, Secrets Manager). - Hands-on experience with React, TypeScript, and modern frontend development, including reusable components and data-driven user experiences. - Strong understanding of software architecture, security, authorization, dependency resilience (retries, timeouts), observability, and production reliability. - Experience working in large-scale or polyglot codebases and actively using AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot). - Strong technical leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to drive architectural decisions and work autonomously. Nice to Have - Experience with RAG pipelines, vector search, embeddings, and semantic retrieval techniques. - Experience with prompt engineering, system prompt design, and LLM evaluation techniques. - Experience building shared UI component libraries, data access platforms, or cross-product integrations. - Familiarity with spec-driven development workflows (e.g., OpenSpec). Learn More About 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 – 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! Salary transparency Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. Offers are based on the candidate’s 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 benefits package. Belonging We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/global-belonging In-Person Onboarding and Identity Verification This role may require in-person onboarding and/or in-person ID verification.