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Position Overview
The Autodesk Info360 Operational Analytics team is building the data infrastructure that powers modern water management, helping utilities monitor, predict, and respond to issues across thousands of sensors in near real-time.
We're looking for a Principal Backend / Data Engineer who thrives on high-frequency, large-scale data problems. You'll design and ship the systems behind time-series analytics, smart alerting, and anomaly detection features that water operators depend on every day.
This is a backend-heavy role with strong data engineering depth. You'll own pipelines, APIs, and the reliability of the data that drives critical decisions.
Responsibilities
Design, build, and scale cloud-native backend services and APIs on AWS that handle high frequency sensor and time-series data.
Build and optimize data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes for large-scale, near real-time ingestion and processing.
Play a key role in delivering AI/ML-powered features by building the backend systems, data pipelines, and APIs that bring intelligent capabilities to production.
Own features end-to-end from design through production including monitoring, reliability, and iteration.
Identify and resolve bottlenecks in data flow, query performance and service interactions.
Build backend infrastructure that supports ML model serving, feature pipelines, and feedback loops for predictive alerting.
Leverage AI-assisted development practices to accelerate design, implementation, and code quality across backend services and pipelines.
Collaborate across engineering, product, and AI/ML teams to enable seamless integration across services and platforms.
Raise the technical bar through design reviews, code reviews, and mentoring peers
Key Qualifications
5+ years building and shipping large-scale backend systems in production
Hands-on experience with data pipelines and streaming architectures (Kafka, Kinesis or similar)
Experience with time-series data: storage, querying, or analytics at scale
Strong AWS experience (Lambda, API Gateway, Kinesis, DynamoDB)
Solid systems design skills across distributed and event-driven architectures
Familiarity with AI/ML infrastructure: building systems that support model serving or integration
Experience with Snowflake or comparable data warehouse
Strong observability and production debugging experience
Proven ability to collaborate and drive alignment across multiple teams
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About Autodesk
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Skills Required
- 5+ years building and shipping large-scale backend systems in production
- Hands-on experience with data pipelines and streaming architectures (Kafka, Kinesis or similar)
- Experience with time-series data: storage, querying, or analytics at scale
- Strong AWS experience (Lambda, API Gateway, Kinesis, DynamoDB)
- Solid systems design skills across distributed and event-driven architectures
- Familiarity with AI/ML infrastructure: building systems that support model serving or integration
- Experience with Snowflake or comparable data warehouse
- Strong observability and production debugging experience
- Proven ability to collaborate and drive alignment across multiple teams
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.
Autodesk Insights
What We Do
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Why Work With Us
Our work is impactful. Our people are innovative. And our culture is inclusive. As our software shapes new solutions to the world’s biggest challenges, you shape your career path. With us, you lead the way in achieving sustainability, resilient communities, and an equitable workforce. Discover #AutodeskLife.
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