Principal Software Engineer, Agentic AI

Job Requisition ID # 26WD98096 Help shape how AI interacts with the future of design We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join us in defining and building the agentic AI layer at Autodesk Forma Design. You will define how Forma's domain agents — analysis, generation, contextual data, authoring — are exposed to Autodesk Assistant, Autodesk's AI platform, and any third-party orchestrator that speaks MCP. One intelligence layer, multiple surfaces, built once. As a Principal Engineer, you'll set technical direction for our agentic capabilities across the organisation. You'll define how we expose Forma's domain agents to AI orchestrators, how we evolve our public APIs and MCP tooling, and how teams across Forma adopt consistent, composable patterns for AI integration. You communicate complex ideas clearly and bring others along, helping teams make better decisions and move faster. Your work will make it possible for architects, planners, and developers to unlock smarter, AI-assisted workflows, while ensuring the platform they rely on is secure, scalable, and built for the long term. About us We're on a mission to help design better cities. With 90% of future population growth expected in urban areas, and construction responsible for around 40% of global CO₂ emissions, the AEC industry must evolve. Our cloud-based Autodesk Forma platform helps users evaluate design choices based on environmental impact, living quality (sun, daylight, noise), and project feasibility. We started as Spacemaker in Norway and became part of Autodesk in 2020. Learn more about Autodesk Forma here. How we work We work in small, autonomous teams with a high degree of trust and ownership. We strongly believe in servant leadership and team accountability. In each team, software engineers work closely together with product managers and designers. To learn more about our way of working, read through our tech and product core beliefs . The platform opportunity Forma is building one intelligence layer that surfaces through two interaction paradigms: Embedded AI — the product surfaces the right action in the design flow, no prompt needed Orchestrated AI — Autodesk Assistant, Autodesk's AI platform, and third-party agents like Claude or Copilot invoking Forma's domain agents as MCP tools. The principle is build once, works everywhere : a Forma squad that exposes its capability as an MCP gets embedded AI, in-product assistant, cross-product orchestration, and third-party agent access simultaneously — no rebuild per surface. Concretely, three moves define the work ahead: 1. Stand up Forma as a first-class AI domain. Establish the contribution model, patterns, and exemplars that enable every squad across Forma's Tools and Apps to expose their own capabilities as MCP tools. The universal motion: every Forma Design squad ships MCPs for what they own. 2. Ship the first wave. Compass, Contextual Data, and Analysis become agent-callable from any orchestrator. Contextual Data is already live in Autodesk Assistant — the pattern is proven. Compass and Analysis are next, making Forma's domain agents available wherever an orchestrator is doing the work. 3. Take authoring agentic. Building Design's authoring engine becomes the first Forma app whose creation and modification capabilities can be driven by an agent via MCP — not just read, but acted on. This is the pattern that extends to every authoring app from there. Responsibilities As a Principal Software Engineer, you will use your technical expertise and strategic thinking to drive progress across team boundaries. You'll combine hands-on engineering with broad technical influence. In this role, you will: Define and evolve the technical architecture for Forma's agentic AI platform, including MCP tooling, public APIs, SDK capabilities, and the integration patterns teams use to expose Forma's domain agents to AI orchestrators Serve as Forma Design's technical lead into Autodesk's AI platfo ... (truncated, view full listing at source)