Drive technical strategy and architectural consistency across multiple engineering teams.
AI Systems & Platform Development
Design and implement production grade AI systems using LLMs, embeddings, vector databases, and agent based architectures.
Build scalable, secure, and reusable platform services and APIs supporting AI workloads across the software development lifecycle.
Define and implement guardrails for reliability, safety, governance, and cost control in enterprise AI systems.
Cross Functional Influence
Partner with product management, architecture, research, and cloud platform teams to translate business requirements into scalable AI solutions.
Influence roadmap decisions by providing deep technical insight, tradeoff analysis, and long-term platform thinking.
Act as a technical escalation point for complex system design, performance, and reliability challenges.
Quality, Performance & Operational Excellence
Drive best practices for testing, observability, evaluation, and production readiness of AI systems.
Identify systemic performance bottlenecks and lead efforts to optimize distributed systems and AI pipelines.
Establish engineering standards that improve development velocity, quality, and operational resilience.
Mentorship & Org Level Impact
Mentor Senior and Staff level engineers, providing guidance on architecture, design reviews, and technical decision making.
Raise the overall engineering bar through design forums, technical reviews, and knowledge sharing.
Lead by example through hands on contributions to the most complex and business critical problems.
Who You’ll Work With
You will partner closely with product and architecture leadership, and raise the technical bar across multiple teams.
What Makes You a Qualified Candidate
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
10+ years of experience building backend services, distributed systems, or data/AI platforms.
Strong proficiency in Java, Go, or Python, with experience building largescale services.
Deep understanding of distributed system design, scalability, fault tolerance, and cloud native architectures.
Proven experience designing and operating production systems with SQL and NoSQL data stores.
What You’ll Bring
Experience with LLMs, embeddings, vector databases, and AI orchestration frameworks.
Exposure to agentic AI patterns such as tool calling, planning, memory, and multi-step reasoning.
Experience building or operating AI systems in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and production-grade observability.
Why We Think You'll Love Teradata
We prioritize a people-first culture because we know our people are at the very heart of our success. We embrace a flexible work model because we trust our people to make decisions about how, when, and where they work. We focus on well-being because we care about our people and their ability to thrive both personally and professionally. We are committed to actively working to foster an inclusive environment that celebrates people for all of who they are.
