Director Software Architecture and System Design

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Director, Software Architecture and System Design

Product Data - Autodesk Platform Services

Location:  United States - Any, Canada - Any

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 dynamic and innovative leader to drive and standardize the Software Architecture and System Design practice for our Product Data platform within Autodesk Platform Services. As the Director of Software Architecture, you will lead the Architecture and Technology Strategy for the Product Data Platform, that manages the Design and Make Data generated by millions of Autodesk customers. You will work with Product Management, User Experience and Engineering Leadership across the company to create future data offerings through highly scalable data services and components. You will hire, grow and manage a team of senior and high impact technical individuals, including Distinguished Engineers and Architects.
 

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the vision and direction of Autodesk’s Product Data Platform alongside the rest of the leadership team
• Lead the architecture and technical vision of building and operating highly scalable, distributed, data intensive platform services and components
• Manage and grow a high caliber technical team of senior software architects
• Drive complex architectural decisions and technology innovation in OLTP systems infrastructure
• Partner closely with other Product and Platform leaders in defining the strategic technical roadmap, communicate the strategy in various forums, and make it a reality
• Identify and lead cross-functional opportunities, partner with peers in the company, and align business objectives with the technical vision
• Champion adopting industry best practices to push the development standards across the Product Data organization
• Guide the team to make appropriate compromises between short-term business opportunity and long-term technical direction
• Lead the System Design practice within the Product Data platform, influencing and up-leveling a large engineering community

Basic Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
• 4+ years of experience in managing teams including managers and senior technical leaders
• 10+ years of experience in leading design of complex systems and hands-on development
• Technical and effective people manager with proven track record for building highly scalable systems and high-performance teams
• Thorough understanding of Distributed Systems concepts, Scalability/Reliability/Security challenges
• Deep knowledge and hands-on experience in Relational/Columnar Databases (including internals) and Near-Realtime Architectures
• Proficient in API Design using REST, GraphQL, or gRPC and conversant in multiple programming languages
• Track record of successfully building technology strategy for complex business domains
• 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 in Technical Product Management and building Product Roadmaps
• Experience with offline-first architectures and data sync for de