This role is ideal for a deeply technical leader who wants to combine hands-on engineering, platform innovation, and AI-driven development practices to shape the future of how data products are built and accessed.
You will help define both the data engineering platform capabilities and the engineering practices that enable the next generation of cloud and AI-powered experiences—while influencing technical direction and engineering strategy across the company at enterprise scale.
Responsibilities
Lead the design and implementation of Data Products supporting cloud, API, and AI-driven access to data products
Drive the development of greenfield initiatives and foundational platform capabilities through hands-on prototyping and implementation
Serve as a technical accelerator across teams by contributing directly to critical projects and resolving complex engineering challenges
Champion adoption of AI-assisted software development practices, including effective use of tools such as Claude Code to improve engineering productivity, software quality, and delivery velocity
Establish best practices for integrating AI-assisted workflows into software design, implementation, testing, and operational support
Design systems supporting access decisions for both human and non-human actors, including services, automations, and AI agents
Build highly scalable, low-latency, and resilient distributed systems with strong operational excellence
Influence technical direction across multiple engineering organizations to drive adoption of shared platform capabilities, standards, and engineering practices
Build strong partnerships across engineering, product, security, and business teams while constructively challenging decisions when needed to ensure long-term scalability and company-wide alignment
Act as a company-level technical leader, making decisions and recommendations based on what delivers the greatest overall customer and business impact
Partner deeply with Product Management to shape product capabilities, monetization models, platform evolution, and long-term strategy
Mentor engineers through hands-on collaboration, code reviews, architecture guidance, and technical leadership
Evaluate emerging technologies and translate them into practical engineering capabilities and strategic advantages for the organization
Influence engineering culture by promoting simplicity, developer experience, operational excellence, scalable architectures, and high-quality execution
Minimum Qualifications
12+ years of experience building large-scale data lakes, data warehouses, and platform services
Strong hands-on software engineering background with the ability to contribute directly to architecture, design, and implementation
Deep expertise in cloud-native architectures; data engineering, modeling, and governance; microservices and API design; and scalability, reliability, and operational excellence
Recognized technical expertise in distributed systems and platform engineering
Demonstrated ability to shape engineering direction through technical vision, innovation, and influence
Strong experience driving engineering productivity improvements through modern tooling and developer platform investments
Practical experience leveraging AI-assisted software development workflows and tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar technologies in real-world engineering environments
Familiarity with AI-enabled product patterns, agentic workflows, and API-driven consumption models
Proven ability to influence technical strategy and drive alignment across multiple organizations without direct authority
Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to navigate complex organizational and technical tradeoffs
Demonstrated ability to balance short-term delivery pressures with long-term platform and architectural sustainability
Strong product and business acumen, with the ability to align technical decisions with customer and business outcomes
Preferred Qualifications
Experience building platform services used across multiple engineering organizations
Exposure to developer platforms, internal tooling, or engineering productivity initiatives
Experience with cloud-native data platforms such as Snowflake or Databricks
Experience with Kubernetes, event-driven architectures, and modern cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
Exposure to AI/ML-enabled products and modern AI application architectures
Experience driving enterprise-scale platform adoption and technical convergence initiatives
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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/
Salary transparency
Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $196,000 and $352,110. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.
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.
Belonging
We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/global-belonging
In-Person Onboarding and Identity Verification
This role may require in-person onboarding and/or in-person ID verification.
