Senior Director, Data Architecture and Engineering
About the role
The Senior Director of Data Architecture and Engineering will lead the architectural vision for the Product Data platform, drive complex architectural decisions and technology innovation in OLTP systems infrastructure, and build and evolve the knowledge retrieval engineering organization.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Architectural vision for the Product Data platform
- Drive complex architectural decisions and technology innovation in OLTP systems infrastructure
- Build and evolve the knowledge retrieval engineering organization to deliver predictable execution, high quality, and operational excellence
- Hire, mentor, and retain the next generation of engineering leaders
- Serve as a senior leader within the Product Data leadership team, shaping organizational strategy, prioritization, execution, and innovation across the portfolio
- Partner with product, platform, and ecosystem teams to drive adoption of the Product Data platform across Autodesk’s product portfolio, influencing architecture and data standards across the company and taking ownership of critical cross-product initiatives
- Define the long-term evolution of Autodesk’s domain data model and influence broader technical strategy around domain data, interoperability, and platform architecture
- Stay at the forefront of emerging technologies and engineering practices, identifying and driving adoption of innovations that materially improve platform capabilities and developer productivity
Requirements
- 15+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years leading architects, managers and senior leaders across global teams
- Demonstrated ability to adopt and scale AI-driven engineering practices to accelerate delivery and improve developer effectiveness
- Proven track record of owning and delivering large-scale, complex systems or platforms with measurable business impact
- Experience building and scaling high-performing engineering organizations, including org design and leadership development
- Established history of driving operational excellence (quality, reliability, scalability, and execution predictability)
- Deep expertise in distributed systems, databases, cloud platforms, high-scale transactional environments, knowledge retrieval systems and modern software architecture patterns
- Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with the ability to align product, platform, external, and executive stakeholders
- Systems thinker with a strong desire to understand how complex systems work
Qualifications
- Experience building or leading domain-specific data platforms (e.g., AEC, BIM, GIS, manufacturing, or other complex object models)
- Experience with schema evolution, versioning, and backward compatibility in long-lived, large-scale systems
- Understanding of how operational product data interfaces with analytics, AI, and downstream data platforms
- Experience influencing industry standards, data interoperability frameworks, or open ecosystems
- Track record of driving platform adoption across large, federated organizations
- Strong grasp on object-oriented design principles and enterprise domain/data modeling
- Advanced degree in computer science, engineering, or related field
Skills
- Experience with distributed systems, databases, cloud platforms, high-scale transactional environments, knowledge retrieval systems and modern software architecture patterns
- Exceptional communication and influencing skills
- Systems thinking and understanding of complex systems
- Experience with AI-driven engineering practices
- Experience with domain-specific data platforms
- Experience with schema evolution and versioning
- Experience with industry standards and data interoperability frameworks
- Experience with object-oriented design principles and enterprise domain/data modeling
Benefits
Autodesk offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health and financial benefits, time away, and everyday wellness programs. Salary transparency is also provided, with a starting base salary range of $192,000 to $344,850 for U.S.-based roles. Additionally, stock grants and a benefits package are included.
Pay
Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $192,000 and $344,850. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range.
Schedule
The role can be based in the US or Canada remote, hybrid, or in person in one of our offices.