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26WD98669
Position Overview
Autodesk Operation Solutions is hiring a Principal Data Engineer to build the Analytics foundational data environment. This role will lead the design and development of internal data infrastructure, system connections, pipelines, BI environments, AI-ready data layers, documentation, etc. that serve AOS internal stakeholders and product/ops teams. The role has high visibility, broad internal impact, and the chance to shape how AOS uses data, BI, and AI to support planning, operations, growth, and strategic decision-making. This is a hands-on technical leadership role for someone who has built analytics infrastructure from the ground up. The ideal candidate is strong in Snowflake, fluent in modern data engineering practices, and comfortable creating the data foundation required for business intelligence, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled decision support.
Responsibilities
- Architect and build the core Growth Analytics data environment with Snowflake as the central platform
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable data pipelines, integrations, and transformation workflows across internal business, product, operational, sales, marketing, finance, and planning systems
- Build trusted, reusable data models and curated datasets to support internal analytics, reporting, forecasting, growth planning, and Strategy & Operations workflows
- Develop and manage BI environments in Power BI and Looker, including semantic models, governed datasets, dashboard foundations, access patterns, and performance standards
- Build AI-ready data layers to support internal intelligence solutions, including structured datasets, metadata, documentation, business definitions, and governed access patterns
- Establish standards for data quality, testing, observability, lineage, documentation, naming conventions, metric definitions, and production reliability
- Partner with internal stakeholders to translate business questions into scalable data products, reporting layers, and analytics-ready infrastructure
- Create and maintain clear documentation for source systems, pipelines, data models, metric definitions, BI assets, and AI-ready datasets
- Lead technical design discussions, make architecture recommendations, and mentor analytics, BI, and data partners on scalable data practices
- Help move AOS from fragmented reporting and manual data processes toward a reliable, governed, and scalable intelligence layer
Minimum Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, data platform engineering, or a related technical role
- Proven experience building data platforms, analytics environments, or major data infrastructure from scratch or through significant transformation
- Deep hands-on experience with Snowflake
- Strong Scripting, SQL and Python skills
- Experience building production-grade pipelines, integrations, orchestration workflows, and transformation logic
- Experience with modern data ingestion tools such as Fivetran, Airflow + Python, dbt, Pyspark or similar technologies
- Experience building BI environments such as Power BI or Looker
- Strong understanding of data modeling, semantic layers, governed metrics, access control, documentation, lineage, data quality, and observability
- Experience preparing data infrastructure for AI, ML, LLM, advanced analytics, or internal intelligence use cases
- Ability to work with ambiguity, clarify requirements, and turn business needs into scalable technical solutions
- Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience supporting internal analytics, growth analytics, product Strategy & Operations, GTM analytics, finance analytics, or business operations teams
- Experience integrating data from systems such as Salesforce, Marketo, finance platforms, product usage systems, planning tools, and operational systems
- Experience creating AI-ready data assets, metadata layers, governed knowledge layers, feature-ready datasets, or semantic models
- Experience designing standards for BI development, data documentation, metric governance, and data product delivery
- Experience in B2B SaaS, enterprise software, or complex matrixed organizations
- Track record of building zero-to-one data infrastructure in an environment with fragmented systems, evolving requirements, and limited existing standards
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is a senior builder who can create order from ambiguity. They have built reliable data infrastructure before, know how to connect messy enterprise systems, and understand that a strong analytics function depends on trusted pipelines, clear definitions, governed BI layers, and well-documented AI-ready data assets. They are comfortable being hands-on while also setting direction. They can write code, design architecture, define standards, explain tradeoffs, and partner with business stakeholders. They care about building systems that are reliable, usable, well-documented, and scalable.
Success in This Role Looks Like
- A reliable Snowflake-based data foundation is in place for AOS Analytics
- Key internal data sources are connected through scalable, observable pipelines
- Power BI and Looker environments are governed, performant, and easier for teams to use
- Core metrics and business definitions are documented and consistently applied
- Internal stakeholders and product Strategy & Operations teams can access trusted data products instead of relying on manual reporting
- AI-ready datasets, metadata, and documentation are available to support internal intelligence and advanced analytics solutions
Learn More
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 $128,000 and $229,900. 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
Are you an existing contractor or consultant with Autodesk?
Please search for open jobs and apply internally (not on this external site).
Job Requisition ID #
26WD98669
Position Overview
Autodesk Operation Solutions is hiring a Principal Data Engineer to build the Analytics foundational data environment. This role will lead the design and development of internal data infrastructure, system connections, pipelines, BI environments, AI-ready data layers, documentation, etc. that serve AOS internal stakeholders and product/ops teams. The role has high visibility, broad internal impact, and the chance to shape how AOS uses data, BI, and AI to support planning, operations, growth, and strategic decision-making. This is a hands-on technical leadership role for someone who has built analytics infrastructure from the ground up. The ideal candidate is strong in Snowflake, fluent in modern data engineering practices, and comfortable creating the data foundation required for business intelligence, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled decision support.
Responsibilities
- Architect and build the core Growth Analytics data environment with Snowflake as the central platform
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable data pipelines, integrations, and transformation workflows across internal business, product, operational, sales, marketing, finance, and planning systems
- Build trusted, reusable data models and curated datasets to support internal analytics, reporting, forecasting, growth planning, and Strategy & Operations workflows
- Develop and manage BI environments in Power BI and Looker, including semantic models, governed datasets, dashboard foundations, access patterns, and performance standards
- Build AI-ready data layers to support internal intelligence solutions, including structured datasets, metadata, documentation, business definitions, and governed access patterns
- Establish standards for data quality, testing, observability, lineage, documentation, naming conventions, metric definitions, and production reliability
- Partner with internal stakeholders to translate business questions into scalable data products, reporting layers, and analytics-ready infrastructure
- Create and maintain clear documentation for source systems, pipelines, data models, metric definitions, BI assets, and AI-ready datasets
- Lead technical design discussions, make architecture recommendations, and mentor analytics, BI, and data partners on scalable data practices
- Help move AOS from fragmented reporting and manual data processes toward a reliable, governed, and scalable intelligence layer
Minimum Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, data platform engineering, or a related technical role
- Proven experience building data platforms, analytics environments, or major data infrastructure from scratch or through significant transformation
- Deep hands-on experience with Snowflake
- Strong Scripting, SQL and Python skills
- Experience building production-grade pipelines, integrations, orchestration workflows, and transformation logic
- Experience with modern data ingestion tools such as Fivetran, Airflow + Python, dbt, Pyspark or similar technologies
- Experience building BI environments such as Power BI or Looker
- Strong understanding of data modeling, semantic layers, governed metrics, access control, documentation, lineage, data quality, and observability
- Experience preparing data infrastructure for AI, ML, LLM, advanced analytics, or internal intelligence use cases
- Ability to work with ambiguity, clarify requirements, and turn business needs into scalable technical solutions
- Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience supporting internal analytics, growth analytics, product Strategy & Operations, GTM analytics, finance analytics, or business operations teams
- Experience integrating data from systems such as Salesforce, Marketo, finance platforms, product usage systems, planning tools, and operational systems
- Experience creating AI-ready data assets, metadata layers, governed knowledge layers, feature-ready datasets, or semantic models
- Experience designing standards for BI development, data documentation, metric governance, and data product delivery
- Experience in B2B SaaS, enterprise software, or complex matrixed organizations
- Track record of building zero-to-one data infrastructure in an environment with fragmented systems, evolving requirements, and limited existing standards
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is a senior builder who can create order from ambiguity. They have built reliable data infrastructure before, know how to connect messy enterprise systems, and understand that a strong analytics function depends on trusted pipelines, clear definitions, governed BI layers, and well-documented AI-ready data assets. They are comfortable being hands-on while also setting direction. They can write code, design architecture, define standards, explain tradeoffs, and partner with business stakeholders. They care about building systems that are reliable, usable, well-documented, and scalable.
Success in This Role Looks Like
- A reliable Snowflake-based data foundation is in place for AOS Analytics
- Key internal data sources are connected through scalable, observable pipelines
- Power BI and Looker environments are governed, performant, and easier for teams to use
- Core metrics and business definitions are documented and consistently applied
- Internal stakeholders and product Strategy & Operations teams can access trusted data products instead of relying on manual reporting
- AI-ready datasets, metadata, and documentation are available to support internal intelligence and advanced analytics solutions
Learn More
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 $128,000 and $229,900. 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
Are you an existing contractor or consultant with Autodesk?
Please search for open jobs and apply internally (not on this external site).
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Align your portfolio to Autodesk's platform strategy
Principal roles at Autodesk are evaluated on domain depth, not breadth. Frame your work around specific products like Fusion, BIM 360, or Autodesk Platform Services to signal you can lead at the platform level, not just contribute to it.
Verify your visa category before applying
Autodesk sponsors H-1B, E-3, TN, and F-1 OPT for Principal-level roles, but your eligibility depends on your nationality and current status. Confirm your category aligns before engaging a recruiter so you can address sponsorship directly and confidently.
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Autodesk's offer letters for sponsored hires typically reference the visa type and start date tied to a USCIS approval or transfer. Before signing, confirm the letter specifies portability rights if you're mid-process on an existing H-1B or EB petition.
Plan around PERM timing if a Green Card is your goal
Autodesk sponsors EB-2 and EB-3 Green Cards for Principal roles, but PERM recruitment audits require documented evidence of a good-faith hiring process. Raise your long-term immigration goals during the offer stage, not after you've started, so the employer-initiated PERM clock starts early.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Autodesk sponsor H-1B visas for Principals?
Yes, Autodesk sponsors H-1B visas for Principal-level roles. The company files both new cap-subject petitions and transfers for candidates already holding H-1B status. Principal positions typically qualify as specialty occupations under USCIS criteria given the degree requirements in engineering, computer science, or design disciplines. If you're targeting a role here, confirm the specific team's sponsorship posture during the recruiter screen.
How do I apply for Principal jobs at Autodesk?
Apply directly through Autodesk's careers portal, where Principal roles are listed by product area and function. You can also browse sponsorship-confirmed openings on Migrate Mate, which filters Autodesk's Principal listings by visa type so you can identify roles aligned with your work authorization before applying. Tailor your application to the specific platform or product domain the team owns.
Which visa types does Autodesk commonly sponsor for Principal roles?
Autodesk sponsors H-1B, E-3 visa, TN visa, F-1 OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1 visa, and Green Card pathways including EB-2 and EB-3 for Principal positions. Australian citizens are well-positioned to use the E-3 visa, which has no lottery and renews in two-year increments. Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying professional categories can pursue the TN visa. H-1B remains the most common path for other nationalities.
What qualifications does Autodesk expect for Principal-level roles?
Principal roles at Autodesk generally require significant experience leading complex initiatives independently, whether in software engineering, product design, UX, data science, or architecture technology. A relevant bachelor's degree is the baseline, but many Principal postings reflect expectations of advanced degrees or equivalent industry depth. For sponsored candidates, your degree field must align with the role's specialty occupation classification under USCIS standards.
How do I plan my timeline if I need H-1B sponsorship at Autodesk?
If you need a new H-1B and aren't transferring an existing one, USCIS's annual cap lottery runs in March for an October 1 start date. That gap means an offer accepted in spring may not result in work authorization until fall. Autodesk can file under premium processing to accelerate the approval decision to 15 business days once selected, but lottery registration itself cannot be expedited.