Our Company:

At Teradata, we believe that people thrive when empowered with better information. Teradata Autonomous Knowledge Platform activates enterprise intelligence by unifying data, knowledge and business context to achieve tangible outcomes. With Teradata, organizations can provide agents with full context for impact when it matters. Our solution lets businesses connect and scale on premises, in the cloud, or through a hybrid approach. Teradata delivers real business value with AI.

What You’ll Do

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a technical leadership role within the Customer Developer Tools (CDT) team. You’ll design and build the next generation of high-performance database and AI SQL capabilities that power analytics at massive scale. You’ll work across low-level systems programming in C/C++, advanced GoSQL engine enhancements, and AI-assisted SQL frameworks—while collaborating closely with customer developer teams to ensure seamless integration with CDT tools and Teradata’s Autonomous Knowledge Platform.

You will:

• Architect and implement scalable, performant components that improve interoperability between Autonomous Knowledge Platform and CDT tools.
• Develop in C/C++, GoSQL, and Python-based systems.
• Work closely with database, cloud, and CDT engineering teams to deliver cross-platform features.
• Collaborate with customer developer teams to align core functionality with real-world workflows.
• Mentor engineers, lead design reviews, and drive long-term architectural decisions.
• Ensure high standards of performance, reliability, and maintainability across CDT and developer-facing tools.

Impact and Success

Your work will enhance the developer experience for Teradata customers, ensuring high-performance interoperability between Autonomous Knowledge Platform and the CDT ecosystem. You’ll shape how developers and enterprises interact with Teradata data systems and accelerate innovation in AI-driven SQL and database capabilities.

Success in this role means delivering measurable performance gains, driving architectural clarity, and mentoring the next generation of Teradata engineers.

Who You’ll Work With

You’ll join the Customer Developer Ecosystem teams. You’ll collaborate with database architects, CDT architects, engineers, and cross-functional platform teams. This position reports to the Director of CDT Engineering and interfaces across multiple global product teams.

What Makes You a Qualified Candidate

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in systems-level software development or database engineering.
• Strong programming expertise in C/C++, Go and Python.
• Hands-on experience with SQL engine internals, database systems, or distributed query execution.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor engineers.
• Experience in developing AI agents or working with artificial intelligence technologies is highly desirable. 

What You’ll Bring

• Expertise in GoSQL, AI SQL, or related database query frameworks.
• Experience with multi-threaded, high-performance, and multi-cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of database architecture, query optimization, and data systems performance.
• Experience integrating with customer developer tools or SDKs.
• Familiarity with Teradata’s Autonomous Knowledge Platform ecosystem or comparable enterprise data systems.
• Excellent debugging, profiling, and performance analysis skills.
• Leadership experience influencing cross-team architectural design and strategy.
• A passion for building scalable, reliable systems that enable global enterprise analytics.

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