Autodesk, Inc

Principal Data Scientist

Autodesk, Inc$120K — $150K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or advanced degree in a relevant field such as Mathematics, Statistics, or Computer Science.
  • Significant experience in data science or advanced analytics roles.
  • Strong SQL skills for handling complex, large-scale datasets.
  • Proficiency with analytics and BI tools like Looker, Tableau, or Splunk.
  • Experience with Python or R for data processing and statistical analysis.
  • Hands-on experience in big data and cloud environments such as AWS or Snowflake.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills to present complex data clearly.

Responsibilities

  • Drive insights on product usage and performance for business planning.
  • Design and implement data models tailored to product needs.
  • Audit product and data systems for accuracy and improve instrumentation.
  • Build scalable data pipelines and architectures for analytics.
  • Develop processes to ingest and transform data into applications.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to resolve data quality issues.
  • Create dashboards and analyses to convert data into actionable recommendations.

Benefits

  • Collaborative team environment fostering innovation.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development.
  • Exposure to cutting-edge technologies in data science and analytics.
  • Impactful role defining product analytics practices.
  • Work on complex problems that shape user experience.
Full Job Description

Job Requisition ID #

26WD96264

We are seeking a Principal Data Scientist to partner with multidisciplinary Visualization Solutions teams to define and evolve product analytics and applied AI practices. This role brings data science into day-to-day product engineering, from instrumentation and experimentation through advanced analytics and machine learning. You will work on complex, high-scale problems and turn product and platform data into systems and insights that directly shape visualization performance, adoption, and customer experience.

This role reports to the Director, Experience Design, IGS Visualization Solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Drive business and product planning through insights on product usage, adoption, feature utilization, performance, and reliability.
  • Design and implement robust data models and schemas aligned to product and platform needs.
  • Audit existing product, platform, and data systems for completeness and accuracy, and strengthen instrumentation to enable reliable, decision-ready analytics.
  • Build and optimize scalable data pipelines and architectures, including cloud-based ETL processes and large-scale data structures for analytics and machine learning.
  • Develop processes to ingest, transform, and distribute data into internal systems and applications.
  • Partner with engineering and platform teams to[DD1]identify and resolve data quality issues.
  • Create dashboards, analyses, and experimentation frameworks that translate raw data into clear recommendations.
  • Provide rigorous ad hoc analysis to support strategic and operational decisions.
  • Communicate findings clearly to cross-functional stakeholders and senior leaders.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelors or advanced degree in Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Information Management, Statistics, or related field.
  • Significant experience in data science, advanced analytics, or business analytics roles.
  • Strong expertise in SQL and working with complex, large-scale datasets across multiple sources.
  • Proficiency with analytics and BI tools such as Looker, Tableau, Splunk, Mixpanel, or similar platforms.
  • Experience with Python or R for statistical analysis and data processing.
  • Hands-on experience with big data and cloud-based data environments such as AWS, Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery, Spark, or similar technologies.
  • Strong systems thinking / Experience building analytics foundations in complex environments.
  • Ability to collect, structure, analyze, and interpret large volumes of data with accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex ideas in a clear, actionable way.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in data mining, large-scale analytics, or machine learning in production environments.
  • Experience applying AI or advanced analytics to 3D data, graphics systems, simulation outputs, or complex design and engineering workflows.
  • Experience supporting real-time or interactive applications with data-driven systems.
  • Proven ability to frame ambiguous problems, generate insight, and establish a clear point of view that influences direction.
  • Strong systems thinking / Experience building analytics foundations in complex environments.

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About Autodesk, Inc

Autodesk, Inc. is an American multinational software corporation that makes software products and services for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media, education, and entertainment industries. Autodesk is headquartered in San Rafael, California, and features a gallery of its customers' work in its San Francisco building.
Learn more about Autodesk, Inc
Size
12,600 employees
Market Cap
$40.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.2 billion
Founded
1982
5 Year Trend
+16.6%
Revenue
$3.7 billion
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