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Position Overview
Autodesk is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to lead the design and development of data architecture, pipeline for our data team. In this role, you will shape the future of our data ecosystem, driving innovation across data pipelines, architecture, and cloud platforms. You’ll partner closely with analysts, data scientists, AI/ML Engineers and product teams to deliver scalable solutions that power insights and decision-making across the company.
This is an exciting opportunity for a principal data engineer who thrives on solving complex problems, driving best practices, and mentoring high-performing teams.
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor a team of data engineers responsible for building and maintaining scalable data pipelines and infrastructure on AWS, Snowflake and Azure
Architect and implement end-to-end data pipeline solutions, ensuring high performance, resilience, and cost efficiency across both batch and real-time data flows
Define and drive the long-term vision for data engineering in alignment with Autodesk’s data platform strategy and analytics roadmap
Collaborate with analysts, data scientists, FinOps engineers, and product/engineering teams to translate business needs into reliable, scalable data solutions
Establish and enforce standards for data quality, governance, observability, and operational excellence, defining “what good looks like” across the data lifecycle
Design and optimize data models, ELT/ETL processes, and data architectures to support analytics, BI, and machine learning workloads
Best practices in CI/CD, testing frameworks, and deploying data pipelines
Leverage modern data integration tools such as Fivetran, Nexla and Airflow to batch ingestion and transformation workflows
Apply AI-driven approaches for anomaly detection, pipeline optimization, and automation
Stay current with emerging trends in data engineering and proactively evolve the team’s capabilities and toolset
Minimum Qualifications
10+ years of experience in data engineering, with at least 3 years in a lead role
Demonstrated success in delivering large-scale, enterprise-grade data pipeline architectures and leading technical teams
Expertise with cloud data platforms AWS and Azure experience is a strong plus
Proficiency in SQL, Python, and modern data modeling practices
Hands-on experience with batch and streaming frameworks (e.g., Spark, Kafka, Kinesis, Hadoop)
Proven track record of building and maintaining real-time and batch data pipelines at scale
Deep understanding of ETL and ELT paradigms, including traditional ETL and modern ELT tools
Experience with data integration tools (Fivetran, Nexla, etc.) and orchestration platforms
Familiarity with Data Lakehouse architectures, data mesh concepts, and hybrid/multi-cloud strategies
Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
Ability to drive scalable architecture decisions through platform systems design and modern engineering patterns
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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.
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