Senior Director, Data Architecture and Engineering

Position Overview

Autodesk is shaping the future of the Design and Make by building a global, high-throughput Product Data platform that powers design, collaboration, and lifecycle workflows across multiple domains. If you are a hands-on technologist who enjoys leading teams solving petabyte scale problems and building the next generation of knowledge retrieval systems, this may be an opportunity for you.  

Product Data is Autodesk's transactional data platform that manages Design and Make Data generated by millions of customers across three industries – Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC), Manufacturing (MFG) and Media & Entertainment (M&E). The platform is a collection of capabilities and highly scalable data services such as document management, fine grained permissions, stream processing, data pipelines, search, granular data management, and cross industry interoperability. We are also evolving our search capabilities to the next generation of Knowledge Representation and Retrieval systems with semantic search, GraphRAG and Context Graphs. 

Reporting to the VP Product Data, we are seeking a Senior Director of Data Architecture and Engineering to own the architectural vision of the overall data platform, while leading the engineering execution of our advanced knowledge retrieval systems. In this role you will lead a team of senior technical leaders (software architects, distinguished engineers) and engineering leaders to help scale and grow the platform. You will interface with architecture and engineering leaders across Autodesk to unify complex, historically fragmented design and make data across Autodesk’s ecosystem into a coherent, scalable platform.  

The successful candidate is an experienced engineering leader with a passion for large-scale systems and building high-performing teams. They combine deep technical expertise, cutting edge knowledge of distributed real-time data management systems with innovative engineering practices, and leadership presence to drive alignment and execution across product, platform, and ecosystem teams. 

As this role oversees a global organization, you will work across multiple time zones and travel up to 15% for team offsites and internal and customer events. The role can be based in the US