Staff Software Engineer

Requisition Number: 216541

External Description:

Our Team 
Teradata Labs is where cutting-edge innovations in data management turn into business value. Our outstanding team of database architects and software engineers work together to understand and advance emerging technologies to produce the next wave of big data analytic solutions. Teradata Database is the core of Teradata Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) systems that run on-premises and in hybrid clouds to manage and optimize sophisticated workloads.  

The heart of Teradata Database is its best-in-class query optimization engine. We work on query optimization techniques in database and analytics engines, machine learning algorithms, scalability and elasticity issues, and many other exciting challenges related to performance, usability, accessibility and integration. 

Your Opportunity 
The Database Query Optimization group at Teradata Labs has an opening for Staff Software Engineer. In this role, you are expected to contribute to the design, development, and testing of new enhancements and advanced features for the Teradata Vantage Cloud Lake (VCL) Platform. 

Responsibilities / Interesting Work You’ll Do  

• Responsible for all phases of agile software development life cycle from software design through customer support 
• Perform competitive analysis of other database systems and data integration solutions, and provide recommendations on Teradata offering changes to close competitive gaps and enhance competitive advantages 
• Design, implement, validate, and test new database and novel query optimization features in an Agile form, and perform functional and performance analysis of code defects and correction of the defects 
• Contribute to the delivery and continuous support of robust, resilient, and quality database products 
• Lead and establish technical direction for a group of software engineers during feature development 
• Help feature manager with technical aspects of features and projects 
• Design, implementation, and maintenance of the LLVM-based query Parsing Engine 

Qualifications / Experience  

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline, with at least seven years of related research or industry, or 
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline, with at least five years of related research or industry experience, or 
• Ph.D. in Computer Science or related discipline, with at least two years of related research or industry experience 
• Ideally, you will also have the following 
• Prior experience of working with LLVM open source project is a plus 
• Familiarity with various database technologies 
• Top-notch programming skills in C/C++, Java, Python, R, SQL 
• Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, design patterns, and test driver development 
• System development experience 
• Debugging with complex software in a parallel processing environment 
• Passionate, self-motivated, risk taker, pro-active, initiative taker, good communicator (written & verbal), creative, and team-oriented 
• Experience using Agile software development methods and tools 
• Excellent programming/debugging skills at the Assembley level is a plus 

Basic Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline, with 7+ years of related research or industry, or 12 years of related experience 

The work location for the open positions is El Segundo, California (primarily) or Rancho Bernardo in San Diego, California or Remote location within US. Travel requirements : 5%. 

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City: San Diego

State: California

Community / Marketing Title: Staff Software Engineer

Job Category: Engineering

Company Profile:

Our Company

At Teradata, we believe that people thrive when empowered with better information. That’s why we built the most complete cloud analytics and data platform for AI. By delivering harmonized data, trusted AI, and faster innovation, we uplift and empower our customers—and our customers’ customers—to make better, more confident decisions. The world’s top companies across every major industry trust Teradata to improve business performance, enrich customer experiences, and fully integrate data across the enterprise.

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