Principal AI Engineer – Autonomous Agent Systems

Teradata; Dover (DE); On-site; USD 169,000 - 254,000; Full time

Job summary

Teradata is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to lead innovation in agentic AI within the Teradata AI Studio platform. You will architect and deploy autonomous AI agents at enterprise scale, balancing performance with security, governance, and observability.

You will collaborate with AI researchers, software engineers, and product teams to deliver scalable frameworks, SDKs, and APIs that empower developers while ensuring safe execution and compliance across large distributed systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in software architecture, backend systems, or AI infrastructure.
• Proven ability to design and deploy autonomous AI agents at scale with security in mind.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and deployment of agentic AI capabilities in enterprise environments.
• Define secure, scalable agent platforms and governance practices.
• Collaborate with product, platform, and research teams to advance AI tooling.
• Drive safety, observability, and performance across production-grade agents.

Skills

Agentic AI

AI architecture

Cloud-native platforms

Python/Go/Java

Security by design

Multi-agent systems

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Open claw

Calude AP

LangChain

AutoGen

CrewAI

Job description

Teradata is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to lead innovation in agentic AI within the Teradata AI Studio platform. You will architect and deploy autonomous AI agents at enterprise scale, balancing performance with security, governance, and observability.

You will collaborate with AI researchers, software engineers, and product teams to deliver scalable frameworks, SDKs, and APIs that empower developers while ensuring safe execution and compliance across large distributed systems.