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Position Overview
As a Software Architect within our COO Architecture team, you will lead the technical redesign of the systems that power how Autodesk sells and delivers its products. Reporting to the Senior Distinguished Architect for Go-to-Market systems, you will join a senior global team dedicated to moving the company toward modern, flexible business models by replacing legacy processes with a fast, secure, and scalable technology stack. This role sits at the intersection of business strategy and technical execution, where you will turn high-level goals into the architectural blueprints that drive company growth and revenue. Because our team is distributed across the Bay Area, Singapore, and India, we are looking for candidates in US time zones who can maintain a flexible schedule to collaborate effectively with our international colleagues.
Responsibilities
You will lead the technical strategy for how we sell and deliver products, creating a clear roadmap that ensures our sales and commerce tools work together seamlessly
You will define how our internal tools connect with third-party software to create smooth, end-to-end experience for both our customers and our sales teams
You will stay ahead of the curve by integrating "agentic" commerce—where AI agents assist in buying and selling—alongside generative AI, machine learning, and flexible, modular system designs
You will guide us in building cloud-native, real-time data systems that react instantly to business events and scale effortlessly as we grow
You will work closely with product managers, engineers, and business leaders to align our technical direction with the future needs of the company
You will evaluate whether to create custom software or purchase existing tools, ensuring every choice is secure, efficient, and fits our overall technical standards
You will collaborate with data specialists to design clear models of how information should be organized and stored across the enterprise
You will take difficult technical concepts and explain them in a way that makes sense to everyone, from software engineers to executive leadership
You will influence high-level technical decisions by applying the latest industry methodologies and high-performance technologies
You will ensure that everything we build is always available, secure, and compliant with global regulations without sacrificing speed or reliability
Minimum Qualifications
You have a degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field
You have at least 12 years of experience designing and launching software systems, specifically for sales and online, in-product buying experiences
You are skilled at connecting different applications using modern tools and using real- time messaging to keep data synchronized across systems
You have experience building online marketplaces and portals that provide a smooth experience on both web and mobile devices
You have a deep understanding of sales tools, customer relationship systems, and data analytics
You can organize complex product and pricing data so it works well for both standard business needs and advanced AI search tools
You have practical experience using AI and machine learning to group products, analyze feedback, or suggest the best items for customers to buy
You know how to build flexible, high-performance software that is easy for a team to update and expand as the company grows
You have experience serving as a lead architect for a large, global organization
You understand how to build systems that follow international data privacy and financial reporting rules
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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!
Benefits
From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/
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Equal Employment Opportunity
At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
Diversity & Belonging
We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging
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Autodesk Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Autodesk and has not been reviewed or approved by Autodesk.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away is considered expansive, combining discretionary time off for salaried roles, company holidays/Autodays, and a periodic paid sabbatical. These options provide flexibility beyond standard accrual-based PTO.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Total rewards prominently include RSUs and an employee stock purchase plan with a discount and lookback, alongside annual bonus or commission programs. These elements are available to eligible employees and can materially augment base pay.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-building support includes reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, IVF/co‑maternity, and fertility benefits, plus dedicated coaching and Cleo resources for parenting and caregiving. These services extend support before, during, and after leave.
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Autodesk makes software for people who make things. If you’ve ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you’ve experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with our software. Autodesk gives you the power to make anything. Over 100 million people use Autodesk software like AutoCAD, Revit, Maya, 3ds Max, Fusion 360, SketchBook, and more to unlock their creativity and solve important design, business and environmental challenges. Our software runs on both personal computers and mobile devices and taps the infinite computing power of the cloud to help teams around the world collaborate, design, simulate and fabricate their ideas in 3D. We provide exceptional compensation/benefit packages and we’d love for you to join us. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability, veteran status or other protected category. To see our culture in action, check out #AutodeskLife. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and have more than 10,000 employees worldwide.
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