Senior Principal Machine Learning Engineer, ML Platform and Systems Architecture

Autodesk

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Remote, USA · Remote, Canada Posted 23 days ago $178,875–$320,650 / year
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TL;DR

As a Senior Principal ML Engineer at Autodesk, you will join the ML Platform and Systems Architecture team to define and drive technical strategy for large-scale machine learning platforms. Your day-to-day responsibilities include leading multi-team initiatives, setting standards for data lineage and governance, and architecting distributed data processing systems using tools like Ray, Airflow, and Spark. You will also influence platform direction for geometry and multimodal data representations, ensuring alignment with long-term business goals. This role requires deep expertise in distributed training, ML infrastructure, and production engineering practices, along with the ability to mentor senior engineers and guide technical investments that future-proof platform capabilities.

Skills

Python Kubernetes Docker Spark Ray Airflow CI/CD Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform Git GitHub Jenkins Terraform Ansible Bash SQL NoSQL RESTful APIs Swagger GraphQL

What you'll do

  • Define and lead technical strategy for large-scale machine learning platforms.
  • Drive architecture decisions for scalable training, data, evaluation, deployment systems.
  • Lead multi-team initiatives with far-reaching technical impact across divisions.
  • Set standards for data lineage, provenance, governance in ML systems.
  • Influence platform direction for ML-ready representations of complex data types.
  • Resolve complex cross-team technical problems and guide investment decisions.
  • Mentor senior engineers and build the next level of technical leadership.

What we're looking for

  • At least 8 years of industry experience in software engineering or ML platform architecture.
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems, platform engineering, or large-scale ML infrastructure.
  • Proven record of leading technical strategy with broad organizational impact.
  • Strong command of cloud-native architectures and production engineering practices.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence architecture standards across multiple teams.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Market check

Salary context

This $178,875–$320,650 range sits above 79% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$168,000–$262,400

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$182,181–$246,150

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

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About Autodesk

Autodesk is a global leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software, enabling users to imagine, design, and create a better world.

Autodesk currently has 34 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $139,000–$249,260 across 32 roles with salary data.

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