Staff Software Engineer (C/C++)

Teradata; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Teradata in Hyderabad, India, seeks an experienced software engineer with 8–10 years in enterprise C/C++ development. The role emphasizes low-level networking, multi-threading, memory management, and performance optimization across cloud and on-prem environments.

Candidates should have strong SQL knowledge, DB internals expertise, familiarity with AI integration, and robust debugging skills on Linux. Excellent communication and agile collaboration are required.

Qualifications

• 8 to 10 years of software development experience in enterprise-grade systems.
• Strong background in C/C++ with low-level networking and multi-threading.
• Experience with cloud platforms (multi-cloud and on-prem) and public cloud tech.
• Solid knowledge of SQL and relational databases, including SQL internals.
• Familiarity with memory management tools like Valgrind and performance profiling.
• Experience integrating AI concepts or AI frameworks into software development.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing current systems to find flaws that can jeopardize cloud or network security.
• Maintaining applications and infrastructure for cloud-based platforms.
• Exposure to and knowledge of cloud technologies, including scripting languages and libraries.
• Low level processor optimization for Intel and ARM processors.
• Concurrency concepts: lock-free vs lock-based tradeoffs, memory model, deadlock diagnosis.
• Understanding of message brokers and messaging.
• Experience with full lifecycle development: design, develop, code, test, debug.
• Use of Agile methodologies and tools.
• Strong written and oral communication skills; good analytical & troubleshooting abilities on Linux.

Skills

C/C++ development

TCP/IP networking

Multithreading

Debugging

Data structures & algorithms

Cloud platforms

SQL & relational databases

Database internals & analytics

Memory management & Valgrind

Performance profiling

AI concepts & frameworks

Teradata Database knowledge

Message brokers & messaging

Full lifecycle development

Agile methodologies

Linux troubleshooting

QA automation & CI/CD

Tools

Valgrind

Teradata Database

CI/CD tooling

QA automation frameworks

Job description

This is an individual contributor role where you will work with best‑in‑class product engineering team members and Architects, reporting to a Senior Engineering Manager.

What Makes You a Qualified Candidate

• 8 to 10 years of working experience as a Software Developer.
• Experience with large‑scale, enterprise grade software development in C/C++ programming language, including:
• Low level TCP/IP protocol
• Inter‑process and multi‑threaded communications
• Debugging multi‑threaded applications
• Strong data structure, multi‑threading and algorithms fundamentals.
• Multi‑cloud and On Premises platforms exposure.
• Very good understanding of common public cloud technologies - storage, communication, and security.
• Knowledge of SQL and understanding of relational databases, including Referential Integrity, Columnar vs. Row Storage, Triggers, and Stored Procedures.
• Strong background in database internals and analytics through working exposure.
• Knowledge of diverse concepts and techniques for creating systems with High Availability and Resilience.
• Knowledge of modern storage options, including objects stores, sharded data, and data replication techniques.
• Knowledge of low‑level memory management, leak detection, use of Valgrind
• Performance profiling analysis skills.
• Proficiency in AI concepts and tools, including practical experience in integrating AI‑driven solutions or leveraging AI frameworks for software development.
• Knowledge of Teradata Database (strongly preferred and will be an added advantage).

What You Will Bring

• Analyzing current systems to find flaws that can jeopardize cloud or network security.
• Maintaining applications and infrastructure for cloud‑based platforms.
• Exposure to and knowledge of cloud technologies, including cloud scripting languages and libraries.
• Low level processor optimization for Intel and ARM processors.
• Concurrency concepts: lock‑free vs lock‑based tradeoffs, atomics/memory model, deadlock/starvation diagnosis.
• Understanding of message brokers and messaging.
• Experience with full life cycle development skills - Designing, Developing, Coding, Testing and debugging system software.
• Use of Agile methodologies and tools.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Good analytical and logical skills. Strong troubleshooting & debugging skills on Linux.
• Self‑motivation and self‑organizing skills, with a high capacity for rapid learning and having meticulous attention to detail.
• Technical support skills when communicating with customers and customer‑facing personnel.
• Test development skills for both unit and functional tests.
• Knowledge of QA automation frameworks and tools, including understanding how automated test scripts are written and integrated into CI/CD pipelines.