Autodesk

PrincipalDataEngineer,UserSuccess

Toronto, Ontario, Canada FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Principal Data Engineer, User Success at Autodesk. Skills: Data Engineering, AI-native experiences, Agentic insights, LLM ecosystems. Architect batch pipelines. Implement batch pipelines”

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10+ years data engineering, 10+ years data platform engineering, 10+ years distributed systems, hands-on Python, hands-on Spark, hands-on PySpark, hands-on advanced SQL, hands-on scripting, LLM ecosystems experience, embeddings experience, vector databases experience, Retrieval-augmented generation experience, Agent frameworks experience, orchestration systems experience, streaming technologies experience, analytics engineering knowledge, semantic layer tools knowledge, data governance experience, data lineage experience, cataloging systems experience, product analytics exposure, experimentation frameworks exposure, design reliable ETL/ELT pipelines, operate reliable ETL/ELT pipelines, modern data platforms experience, hands-on AWS services, lead cross-functional technical initiatives, influence architecture, define engineering standards, mentor engineers, communication skills

Nice to Have

product telemetry experience, clickstream data experience, behavioral analytics experience, experimentation platforms experience, ingestion tools experience, orchestration tools experience, transformation tools experience, partner with product teams, partner with design teams, partner with research teams, partner with analytics teams, partner with ML teams, support LLM workflows, support RAG workflows, support agentic AI workflows, support intelligence workflows, modernizing data infrastructure experience

What You'll Do.

Architect batch pipelines

Implement batch pipelines

Architect streaming pipelines

Implement streaming pipelines

Operationalize feature engineering

Operationalize feature stores

Operationalize RAG systems

Operationalize evaluation pipelines

Ensure data observability

Guide build vs. buy decisions

Enable analysts with datasets

Enable product teams with datasets

Translate product questions

Improve instrumentation strategy

Support self-service analytics

Support AI-assisted exploration

Collaborate across Product

Collaborate across Engineering

Collaborate across Data Science

Collaborate across Research

Collaborate across Design

Influence technical direction

Drive alignment on standards

Drive alignment on governance

Drive alignment on best practices

Communicate technical concepts

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Product teams; Engineering teams; Data Science teams; Research teams; Design teams

Communication Scope

Technical concepts; Non-technical audiences

Full Job Description

**Job Requisition ID #** 26WD97991 **Position Overview** At Autodesk, we do what no other company can: we help our customers design and make anything. The Experience Foundations team at Autodesk plays a critical role in designing the experiences that make that mission a reality, especially in this transformative moment where seamless digital experiences and AI-powered innovation will empower customers and teams to achieve meaningful outcomes faster. The Principal Data Engineer will report to Director of Growth and Data Science in the Experience Foundations organization. This is a critical data science role for our agentic insights platform—we are evolving our data tools and platform to support AI-native experiences, enabling both humans and intelligent systems to better understand user behavior and business impact. As a Principal Data Engineer, you will be driving the design of AI-ready data products that power analytics, machine learning, and emerging agentic experiences and insights and intelligence products. This role requires a balance of deep technical expertise, architectural vision, and cross-functional leadership, influencing how data is structured, governed, and consumed across Autodesk. **Responsibilities** * Architect and implement scale batch and streaming pipelines for large-scale product telemetry with low-latency, high-throughput data access that support LLMs and agentic workflows optimized for: * Real-time and iterative feedback loops * Contextual data access * Retrieval (e.g., embeddings, vector search) * Partner with AI/ML teams to operationalize: * Feature engineering and feature stores * RAG-based systems and evaluation pipelines * Ensure data quality and observability meet the needs of AI-driven decision systems * Guide build vs. buy decisions for data tooling and platforms * Enable analysts and product teams with trusted, well-modeled datasets * Partner with stakeholders to translate product questions into measurable data signals * Improve inst

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