Principal Data Engineer

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28 Locations
Remote
Senior level
Big Data • Cloud • Digital Media • Machine Learning • Mobile • Software • Industrial
Autodesk is a global leader in design and make technology that helps innovators everywhere solve today's challenges.
The Role
As a Principal Data Engineer at Autodesk, you'll design and optimize data pipelines, manage data architecture, and support analytics projects while collaborating with developers and data scientists. Your role includes automating processes, enhancing data delivery, and employing big data and cloud technologies, primarily using AWS and SQL.
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Job Requisition ID #

24WD82007

Principal data engineer:

Position Overview

We are looking for an experienced Principal Data Engineer to join our growing Global Delivery Team within the Enterprise Customer Success Department. You will improve our data and data pipeline architecture and optimizing data flow and collection for associated teams. You are an experienced data pipeline builder and data wrangler who enjoys optimizing data systems and building them from the ground up. The Data Engineer will support software developers, data analysts and data scientists on data projects and will ensure data delivery architecture is consistent throughout ongoing projects.

We support hybrid working schedule.

Main Responsibilities

  • Create data pipeline architecture

  • Assemble complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional requirements

  • Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability

  • Build the infrastructure required for extraction, transformation, and loading of data from different data sources using SQL and AWS 'big data' technologies

  • Build analytics tools that use the data pipeline to provide applicable insights into employee experience, operational efficiency and other main performance metrics

  • Work with team members to assist with data-related technical issues and support associated data infrastructure needs

  • Build processes supporting data transformation, data structures, metadata, dependency and workload management

  • Keep up to date with the latest and greatest in feature-sets and capabilities from public cloud providers (such as AWS) and find ways to apply them back help their team

  • Work with data scientists and analysts to work toward greater functionality in our data systems

Minimum Qualifications

  • 5 + years of experience in Data Engineer role

  • Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems or another quantitative field

  • Strong command of English

  • Technical Skills:
    -AWS (Batch, CloudFormation, IAM, Lambda, ECS, StepFunctions)
    -Terraform
    -Python
    -SQL
    -Relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL)
    -API (RESTful)
    -BI Tools (QuickSight)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Familiarity with Agile and SCRUM methodologies

  • Experience working with PowerBI to develop dashboards

  • Analytical skills related to working with unstructured datasets

  • A successful history of processing value from large, disconnected datasets

  • Experience working with agile, globally distributed teams

  • Design and develop prompts for various applications, including text generation, translation, question answering, and creative writing

  • Collaborate with product teams, data scientists, and engineers to understand user needs and translate them into effective prompts

  • Analyse and iterate on performance metrics and user feedback to ensure high-quality outputs

  • Conduct experiments and research to test and optimize existing workflows

  • Stay up to date on the latest advancements in natural language processing (NLP) and AI, and apply those insights to your work

  • Document and communicate your work clearly and concisely to technical and non-technical audiences

You should apply even if you don't feel that your credentials 100% match the position description - we are looking for relevant skills and attributes, not a checklist of experience that exactly matches the position itself.

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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.

Sales Careers

Working in sales at Autodesk allows you to build meaningful relationships with customers while growing your career. Join us and help make a better, more sustainable world. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/careers/sales

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

Are you an existing contractor or consultant with Autodesk?

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Top Skills

Python
Scala
The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
13,285 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 1982

What We Do

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.

We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and have more than 10,000 employees worldwide.

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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