• Own the end-to-end platform architecture: data models, API design, integration patterns, infrastructure strategy, and non-functional requirements • Design knowledge representation and retrieval approaches that make consulting expertise trustworthy, versioned, and governable across its full lifecycle • Design service layers that enable the platform to serve both human-facing applications and programmatic consumers • Evaluate build-versus-buy decisions for platform capabilities, recommending where custom development adds value versus leveraging existing services • Design integration approaches with Autodesk's broader platform ecosystem, including enterprise identity and emerging AI infrastructure • Own platform architecture standards for security, data governance, and SOC2 compliance; partner with corporate security and infrastructure teams on controls implementation and audit readiness • Define non-functional requirements and reliability standards for the platform; partner with operations teams on monitoring, alerting, and disaster recovery • Establish architectural governance — design reviews, technical standards, and decision records — that enable engineering velocity • Own the technical risk register and communicate architectural trade-offs clearly to leadership, with particular attention to knowledge accuracy risk when serving AI-mediated channels • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of approximately 6 architects and technical specialists while maintaining hands-on involvement in foundational architectural decisions • Partner with product management to ensure technical architecture serves business goals, and with engineering to ensure designs are buildable and maintainable • Collaborate with the Content & Knowledge team on knowledge data model and ingestion requirements — own how it's stored, indexed, and served • Represent platform technical direction to stakeholders across Technical Advisory, IT, and Autodesk's platform engineering organization