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Job Requisition ID #

25WD85961

Senior Software Engineer, 3D Data

Position Overview

As a Senior Software Engineer, Data at Autodesk Research, you will work on new ML-powered product features that help our customers imagine, design, and make a better world. You are a software engineer who is passionate about solving problems and building things. You will collaborate with a talented team to build and deploy scalable data pipelines to aggregate, prepare, and process data for use with machine learning. Your skills span across data processing and distributed systems with a software engineering base. You are excited to collaborate with ML engineers to build generative AI features in Autodesk products.

You will report to Senior Manager, Autodesk Research, Generative AI.

Location: This role is hybrid with flexible work locations. We are a global team, located in London, San Francisco, Toronto, and remotely. Autodesk is a hybrid-first company, allowing workers to work remotely, in an office, or a mix of both.

Responsibilities

Collaborate on engineering projects for product with a diverse, global team of researchers and engineers
Develop scalable distributed systems to process, filter, and deploy datasets for use with machine learning
Process large, unstructured, multi-modal (text, images, 3D models, code snippets, metadata) data sources into formats suitable for machine learning
Characterize machine learning datasets to provide insights
Produce data visualizations and summaries to communicate data characteristics to researchers and leadership
Work with our legal and trust teams to ensure compliant and ethical use of data
Develop data pipelines into secure remote environments respecting and demonstrating security best practices
Write testable code that is well documented and easy to understand
Analyze errors and provide solutions to problems that arise

Minimum Qualifications

BSc or MSc in Computer Science, or equivalent industry experience
3+ years of experience with one or more programming languages, software version control, testing, and deployment pipelines
You have experience in data modelling, architecture, and processing skills with varied data representations such as 2D and 3D geometry

Hands-on Experience With

Large scale, data-intensive systems in production. o Processing unstructured data, such as 3D geometric data
Cloud platforms, such as AWS, Azure, and GCP
Containerization technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes
Documenting code, architectures, and experiments
Linux systems and bash terminals

Preferred Qualifications

Hands-on experience with:

Distributed computing frameworks, such as Ray Data and Spark.
Databases and/or data warehousing technologies, such as Apache Hive.
Data transformation via SQL and DBT.
Orchestration platforms, such as Apache Airflow.
Data catalogs and metadata management tools. o Vector data stores.

Familiarity With

Data lake architectures and processing unstructured data at scale.
Data provenance and lineage concepts.
Computational geometry.
The design, manufacturing, AEC, or media & entertainment industries.
Autodesk or similar products (CAD, CAE, CAM, etc.).

The Ideal Candidate

You have initiative to provide solutions and to learn and develop new technologies.

You enjoy collaborating across global locations.

You Are Comfortable With

Working in newly forming ambiguous areas.
Building prototypes from scratch and writing maintainable code within existing codebases.
Building scalable and maintainable systems that will be relied on by others.
Owning and maintaining the systems that you develop.

We realize that you will likely not have experience with all of the above skillsets. We are looking for individuals who have a growth mindset and a passion for learning.

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 – our Culture Code is at the core of everything we do. Our values and ways of working help our people thrive and realize their potential, which leads to even better outcomes for our customers.

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!

Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location. In addition to base salaries, we also have a significant emphasis on discretionary annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock or long-term incentive cash grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Diversity & Belonging

We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging and an equitable workplace where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging

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