Engineering Manager, ML Infrastructure & Operations — Forma Generative AI

Job Requisition ID #

26WD101527

Position Overview
Autodesk is transforming how the AEC industry designs and builds through integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) across its products, including AutoCAD, Revit, and Forma.

As the Engineering Manager for ML Infrastructure & Operations in Forma Generative AI, you will lead the team responsible for the systems that power our ML lifecycle, from large-scale training and experimentation through deployment, inference, and production operations. You will set technical direction for scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient ML infrastructure while partnering with platform teams on shared capabilities. You will establish the tooling, observability, and automated evaluation infrastructure needed to deliver AI models confidently and operate them reliably in production.

Your team will determine how quickly and reliably we can move from promising ML research to models operating at scale in Autodesk products. You will work closely with AI researchers, ML engineers, product teams, and platform organizations to make that possible.

Report: You will report to the Head of Engineering, ML — Forma Generative AI.

Location: We support hybrid work, and you work near our Toronto, Canada office. This role requires the ability to travel to team meetings, offsites, and conferences in the USA, Canada, and Europe.

Responsibilities

- Lead, grow, and develop a team of ML engineers responsible for shared ML infrastructure and operations. Set clear priorities and expectations, coach engineers, and create opportunities for growth and increasing technical ownership

- Own the infrastructure for large-scale ML training and experimentation, enabling researchers and ML engineers to run, scale, reproduce, and iterate on experiments efficiently

- Own the infrastructure and workflows that move models from experimentation through product testing and production, enabling fast, safe, and reproducible deployment of new model versions

- Define the architecture and optimization strategy for ML workloads as model size, data volume, compute requirements, and experiment velocity grow, with a focus on performance, utilization, and cost-efficiency

- Own the operational health of shared ML systems in production, including observability, reliability targets, incident response, capacity planning, and continuous improvement

- Partner with research engineering and platform teams to establish reusable infrastructure, deployment patterns, and production standards for ML systems

- Build the infrastructure supporting model evaluation and release readiness, including automated regression testing, reproducible evaluation pipelines, versioning, lineage, and release gates, in partnership with Research, Product, and Trusted AI teams

Minimum Qualifications

- BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

- 2+ years of engineering people-management experience, including coaching engineers, setting priorities, and driving technical delivery

- Experience designing, building, and operating infrastructure for ML training, experimentation, and/or inference at scale

- Experience designing and operating distributed systems in a major cloud environment (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including production observability, reliability, and capacity management

- Strong software engineering, communication, and technical decision-making skills

- Must be able to travel to US and EMEA.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with distributed ML training, GPU workload orchestration, and/or high-performance inference systems

- Experience building infrastructure for foundation models or other large-scale ML systems

- Experience in the AEC industry, Autodesk, or AEC data and workflows

- Evidence of staying current with fast-moving ML infrastructure technologies and applying new approaches pragmatically

The Ideal Candidate

- You care deeply about reliability, performance, and cost efficiency across the ML lifecycle, and a low tolerance for production systems held together by hope

- You communicate effectively across disciplines and levels, adapting your approach to build shared understanding with technical, product, and research audiences

- You can move comfortably between people leadership, architecture, and problem-solving, making pragmatic build-vs-partner decisions

- You create clarity in ambiguous technical areas by communicating effectively across research, engineering, product, and platform teams

- You build teams with clear ownership, strong engineering standards, and room for engineers to grow

Learn More / Plus d'information

About Autodesk / À propos d’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!

Bienvenue chez Autodesk ! Nos logiciels créent chaque jour des choses extraordinaires : des bâtiments les plus écologiques aux voitures les plus propres, en passant par les usines les plus intelligentes et les films à succès. Nous aidons les innovateurs à concrétiser leurs idées, transformant non seulement la façon dont les choses sont fabriquées, mais aussi ce qui peut l’être.

Nous sommes très fiers de notre culture chez Autodesk ; elle est au cœur de tout ce que nous faisons. Notre culture guide notre façon de travailler et de nous comporter les uns envers les autres, influence nos interactions avec nos clients et nos partenaires, et définit notre image au monde.

En tant qu’Autodeskien, vous pouvez accomplir un travail significatif qui contribue à bâtir un monde meilleur, conçu et réalisé pour tous. Prêt à façonner le monde et votre avenir ? Rejoignez-nous !

Salary transparency / Transparence Salariale
Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For Canada based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $158,000 and $231,000. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Le salaire est l'un des éléments du programme de rémunération concurrentiel d'Autodesk. Pour les postes basés au Canada, nous offrons un salaire de base entre $158,000 et $231,000. Le salaire est déterminé selon l'expérience professionnelle et l'emplacement du candidat(e), et peut dépasser cette fourchette. En plus du salaire de base, notre programme de rémunération peut inclure une prime annuelle, des commissions pour les postes de ventes, des attributions d'actions et un ensemble complet d'avantages sociaux.
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In-Person Onboarding and Identity Verification
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