Distinguished Architect, Building Design Products Portfolio/Desktop Transformation

Autodesk is transforming the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry by focusing on sustainability and adopting innovative technologies. They are seeking a Distinguished Architect to set the technical vision for the Building Design product portfolio and lead a team of Software Architects to deliver value for customers through strategic technology decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Synthesize and communicate a compelling technical vision encompassing desktop computing evolution, data strategy, scalable and distributed computation, and the application of AI technologies while devising pragmatic, incremental plans towards this vision
• Apply your architectural and system knowledge to influence strategy, planning, and execution
• Take direct accountability for making technology decisions, as well as driving decision making among the software architects and stakeholders
• Drive efforts to build secure systems that respect privacy while meeting reliability, performance, and other operational goals
• Lead re-use of platform capabilities and drive contributions to the Autodesk platform
• Define and evolve the components, relationships, and governing principles that define the architecture of our systems
• Strong interface and data modeling design skills, applying concepts of coupling and cohesion
• Ensure the establishment and execution of standards and practices for software design; define views, diagrams, and other formalisms used to explore and articulate designs
• Maintain and apply expert-level, up-to-date knowledge of relevant architectural patterns and technologies
• Create trustworthy technology by ensuring the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications and architectures
• Keeps strategic priorities top of mind and works to align architectural work so as to support those goals
• Collaborate with other software architects, product managers, and user experience leaders to develop strategic solutions to handle complex problems and specify systems interactions
• Consistently demonstrates sound and pragmatic technical judgment, soliciting feedback from stakeholders and weighing multiple factors
• Work with peers throughout Autodesk to understand our technology landscape and challenges, articulate opportunities, and evangelize change
• Maintain one-on-one relationships with peers across Autodesk to understand our technology landscape and challenges, articulate opportunities, and promote change
• Lead or participate in company-wide technical working groups
• Communicate effectively and proactively on technical topics to varied audiences, including executive leadership and customers
• Write and speak internally on your work, with an option for external communications
• Mastery of taking complex ideas and conveying them in a concise and impactful manner
• Excellent verbal, written communication, and presentation abilities to effectively communicate software architecture strategy to a variety of stakeholders
• Foster a culture of knowledge sharing amongst the software architect and technical leaders
• Play a leading role in Autodesk technical conferences and forums
• Travel at least four times per year to attend internal conferences and forums, and to meet with geographically distributed development teams
• Lead, inspire, coach, and manage a team of Software Architects across a global organization
• Ensure a cohesiveness and excellence in the practice of software architecture and technical excellence
• Be a role model for communication with internal stakeholders and customers, from telling our strategy, to facilitating alignment towards shared goals, and handling challenging situations
• Ensure self and team is recognized as trusted partners with internal stakeholders at all levels

Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree in computer science, or equivalent experience
• A minimum of 10 years of experience as a software architect, with at least 5 years in cloud software
• A track record of delivering desktop and cloud software, spanning products and industries
• An ability and desire to get things done without the need for external deadlines or daily oversight
• Proven ability to organize and delegate the design and execution of systems that are larger than a single person
• Sought out by other teams, leaders, and customers for their expertise
• Recognized for innovative work, such as via patents and publications
• Demonstrated ability to transform the software architecture practices for a group of architects and engineers
• An advanced degree in computer science
• Experience transforming enterprise level desktop applications to cloud
• Experience leading or managing an architecture team
• Experience in AI/ML
• An industry expert in and contributor to software architecture practice
• Experience in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industry