Lead Architect for Agentic Databases & Data Plane

Teradata; Dover (DE); On-site; USD 1,827,000 - 2,740,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work model

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Teradata Corporation (SE) seeks a senior architect to own the data plane for the Agentic Database, focusing on the Postgres engine, storage, and extensions. The role leads a technical PoC, designs integration with Teradata Fabric and context engine, and mentors engineers in database internals and distributed systems.

You will collaborate with senior leaders to define architecture, ensure scalable, durable solutions, and drive cross‑team alignment for AI-enabled enterprise workloads.

Qualifications

• Deep Postgres expertise, including storage, WAL, MVCC and extensions.
• Experience navigating large C codebases and systems programming.
• Proficiency in distributed systems design and cloud data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own data plane architecture: Postgres engine config, storage model and WAL strategy.
• Lead the Technical PoC end‑to‑end with test harness and workloads.
• Mentor engineers on database internals and production standards.

Skills

PostgreSQL expert

C/C++ programming

Distributed systems

Data plane architecture

Go

Python

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

PostgreSQL extensions

CDC pipelines

Teradata Fabric

Job description

Teradata Corporation (SE) seeks a senior architect to own the data plane for the Agentic Database, focusing on the Postgres engine, storage, and extensions. The role leads a technical PoC, designs integration with Teradata Fabric and context engine, and mentors engineers in database internals and distributed systems.

You will collaborate with senior leaders to define architecture, ensure scalable, durable solutions, and drive cross‑team alignment for AI-enabled enterprise workloads.