Distinguished Engineer - Data Services

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Position Overview

Welcome to Autodesk!

The world’s innovators, designers, engineers, builders, and creators trust Autodesk to help them design and make a better world for all. Autodesk’s Design and Make Platform empowers everyone, everywhere to design and make anything. From the buildings we live and work in, to the cars we drive and the bridges we drive over. From the products we use and technology we rely on, to the movies and games that inspire us. Everything around us is made using Autodesk software. Autodesk’s leading Design and Make Platform offers customers the technology to help them create the world around us, and the critical insights and data to deliver better outcomes for their business and the planet.

At Autodesk, we celebrate all the real-world problem solvers, creative rebels, and innovators who are driven to improve the reality around us. Because we don’t believe in waiting for progress; we believe in making it. When you’re an Autodesker, you can be your whole, authentic self and do meaningful work that helps build a better future for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

We are looking for a Distinguished Engineer/Architect for our Product Data platform within Autodesk Platform Services. In this role, you will design, build and scale our data processing and OLTP systems to power futuristic Search and Visualization experiences for millions of users worldwide. You will partner with other technical leaders and product managers across Autodesk to create futuristic data offerings and experiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the software architecture and system design of highly scalable, distributed and futuristic platform capabilities.
• Partner closely with other product teams and the leadership in defining strategic technical roadmap, communicate the strategy in various forums, and make it a reality.
• Champion adopting industry best practices to push the development standards within the team and in the larger organization.
• Align the technical direction with business needs, leading the team to make the correct compromises between short-term business opportunity and long-term technical vision.
• Help to hire, mentor Engineers, help build fast-growing and high-performing teams

Basic Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience.
• 15+ years of experience in leading design of complex systems and hands-on development.
• 5+ years of experience in a technical leadership role for a large and distributed organization in designing systems and scaling them to millions of users
• Thorough understanding of Distributed Systems concepts, Scalability/Reliability/Security challenges.
• Deep knowledge and hands-on experience in Relational/Columnar Databases (including internals), Stream Processing and Near-Realtime workloads.
• Experience in building multi-tenant SaaS architectures and have deep appreciation for Platform and API-first mindset.
• Proficient in API Design using REST, GraphQL, or gRPC and conversant in multiple programming languages.
• Systems thinker with a strong desire to understand how complex systems work.
• Strong and effective communicator - written and verbal - synthesizing, simplifying, and articulating complex problems to different levels of audience, including executives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Built SaaS platforms on Cloud Providers such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Contributed to open-source projects and/or research in large scale data and distributed systems.
• Experience in monitoring and improving Reliability of a complex system at scale.
• Experience with offline-first architectures and data sync for desktop and mobile applications.
• Strong grasp on design patterns and domain/data modeling.
• Built Data/ML pipelines.
• Familiarity with Graphics and/or Gaming industry

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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 – our Culture Code is at the core of everything we do. Our values and ways of working help our people thrive and realize their potential, which leads to even better outcomes for our customers.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can be your whole, authentic self and do meaningful work that helps build a better future for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location. In addition to base salaries, we also have a significant emphasis on discretionary annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock or long-term incentive cash grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Diversity & Belonging
We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging and an equitable workplace where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging

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