
Sr. Software Engineer, Data Products
Role summary
Autodesk is seeking a Senior Software Developer for its Enterprise Data Engineering & Visualization (EDEV) team. This role will design, architect, and build scalable data solutions for analytics and ML use cases, supporting ML & analytics initiatives. Responsibilities include developing APIs, optimizing data pipelines using SQL, Python, Spark, PySpark, Flink, and Java, implementing CI/CD, and designing data testing frameworks. The position requires strong programming skills, experience with big data ecosystems, workflow orchestration tools, and cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS. This hybrid role is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Job Requisition ID #
26WD94565
Position Overview
Autodesk is seeking a Senior Software Developer to join the Enterprise Data Engineering & Visualization (EDEV) team. This team builds scalable data solutions that enable seamless interaction with the Autodesk data platform, supporting ML & analytics use cases that drive business insights.
These solutions serve as foundational tools for data engineers, data scientists & analysts across the organization. The team also leads data engineering best practices, helping make data central to decision-making.
This role partners closely with Product, Program, Architecture, Operations & Engineering teams to deliver modern, scalable & reliable data solutions. Strong communication skills are key, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for both technical & non-technical audiences.
Location: Hybrid, San Francisco Bay Area
Reporting to: Senior Software Development Manager (US)
Responsibilities
- Design, architect & build secure, scalable data solutions for analytics & ML use cases
- Develop micro-frontends & APIs to automate complex workflows
- Build & optimize data pipelines using SQL, Python, Spark, PySpark, Flink & Java
- Implement CI/CD pipelines for batch & streaming data processing
- Design & maintain systems for data collection, transformation, testing & publishing
- Partner with DevOps & support teams to troubleshoot performance & code issues
- Define & promote architecture standards, best practices & quality frameworks
- Implement data quality, monitoring & durability tracking across pipelines
- Design data schemas & models for consistency & performance
- Collaborate with architects on APIs, data models & system design
- Establish & evangelize coding standards across the data community
- Automate data transformations across product usage logs & business systems
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience with cloud-based ETL/ELT & real-time data processing
- 3+ years experience in data modeling & schema design for optimized retrieval
- Strong programming experience with SQL, Python, Spark, PySpark, Spark SQL & Java
- Experience with big data ecosystems (Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Presto)
- Experience designing & implementing data testing frameworks
- Experience with workflow orchestration tools (Airflow, Temporal)
- Strong foundation in distributed systems, algorithms & SDLC
- Experience building REST APIs (Python, preferably Flask)
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Spinnaker)
- amiliarity with data governance, Agile & modern data practices
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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 $117,000 and $209,330. 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.
Diversity & Belonging
We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging
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Sample Autodesk interview questions
- 1
Design a distributed rate limiter.
system designmedium - 2
Outline the components of a distributed A/B testing system that ensures statistical validity and prevents experiment collision.
system designmedium - 3
Reverse Nodes in k-Group Reverse nodes in k-group in a linked list. Input: head = [1,2,3,4,5], k = 3 Output: [3,2,1,4,5] Explanation: The first 3 elements are reversed, while the remaining 2 are left untouched since they don't form a complete group.
codingmedium - 4
Split an array into consecutive subsequences. Input: nums = [1,2,3,4,4,5] Output: FALSE Explanation: The numbers can form [1,2,3,4], but the remaining leftover group [4,5] is too short to form a valid sequence of length 3.
codingmedium - 5
Count the number of anagrammatic substrings from one string present in another. Input: s = "abab", p = "ab" Output: [0, 1, 2] Explanation: The substrings "ab", "ba", and "ab" starting at indices 0, 1, and 2 respectively are all anagrams of the string "ab".
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