Software Engineer (Context Graph, AI/ML)

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Position Overview

We are looking for an AI/ML Software Engineer for the Search & Context Graph (CG) Platform within Autodesk Platform Services. In this role, you will help build intelligent AI systems that power search experiences and Context Graph capabilities across Autodesk's Industry Clouds – Fusion, Forma and Flow. You will focus on model evaluation, inferencing infrastructure, and AI automation to advance the intelligence of our platform.

Roles and Responsibilities
 

• Build and maintain ML model evaluation frameworks to assess quality, relevance, and performance of AI models used in search and Context Graph systems

• Develop and operate model inferencing pipelines to serve AI/ML models at scale with low latency and high reliability

• Implement AI automation workflows to accelerate development, testing, and deployment of ML-powered features

• Collaborate with Search and Context Graph engineering teams to integrate AI/ML capabilities into scalable, distributed microservices

• Contribute to vector embedding pipelines and semantic search features that enhance relevance and user experience

• Partner with Sr. Engineers, Leads, and Engineering Managers to design and implement AI/ML technical solutions

• Work with SREs to meet SLAs of AI-powered services with monitoring, troubleshooting and optimizations

• Participate in on-call rotation and help in detection and recovery of production incidents
  
   

Minimum Qualifications
 

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field

• 2-4 years of experience building and running ML systems or AI-powered applications

• Strong machine learning fundamentals: model training, evaluation, inference, and deployment

• Proficiency in Python for ML engineering and data pipelines

• Experience with LLM APIs, prompt engineering, and working with foundation models

• Hands-on experience with vector databases (e.g. Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector) or embedding-based retrieval systems

• Experience with Cloud infrastructure platforms such as AWS (e.g. SageMaker, Lambda, ECS)

• Familiarity with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Hugging Face Transformers
  
   

Preferred Qualifications
 

• Experience building RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) architectures

• Exposure to Context Graph technologies and graph databases (e.g. Neo4j, Neptune)

• Experience with Information Retrieval and hands-on knowledge of Lucene/ElasticSearch/OpenSearch

• Familiarity with MLOps tools and pipelines (e.g. MLflow, Kubeflow, SageMaker Pipelines)

• Familiarity with AI evaluation frameworks (e.g. RAGAS, LangSmith, HELM)

• Experience in monitoring and improving reliability of AI/ML systems at scale

• Aware of Security and Compliance challenges in Cloud AI products and platforms

The Ideal Candidate
 

• Strong communicator. You enjoy synthesizing, simplifying, and articulating complex AI/ML problems to others

• A team-player, with a result-focused passion to deliver intelligent solutions that improve user experiences

• You embrace perpetual learning in the rapidly evolving AI/ML landscape and are always ready for a new challenge

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About Autodesk

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