Senior AI Platform Architect

Teradata; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 299,000; Full time

Job summary

Teradata Corporation (SE) is seeking a Senior Staff AI Engineer to lead architecture for Teradata’s enterprise AI platform. You will drive strategies for agentic AI, LLMs, and vector stores, while guiding multiple engineering teams toward scalable, secure AI capabilities.

The role emphasizes architectural leadership, cross-functional influence, and responsible, high-impact technical decisions to advance Teradata’s AI-native products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years of experience building backend services, distributed systems, or data/AI platforms.
• Strong proficiency in Java, Go, or Python.
• Deep understanding of distributed system design, scalability, fault tolerance, and cloud native architectures.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL data stores.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of largescale, distributed AI systems powering Teradata’s AI platform.
• Own end-to-end architecture for agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, vector search, and AI orchestration.
• Drive technical strategy and architectural consistency across engineering teams.
• Design and implement production-grade AI systems using LLMs, embeddings, and vector databases.
• Define guardrails for reliability, safety, governance, and cost control.
• Mentor Senior and Staff engineers and raise the engineering bar.

Skills

Java

Go

Python

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

Teradata Corporation (SE) is seeking a Senior Staff AI Engineer to lead architecture for Teradata’s enterprise AI platform. You will drive strategies for agentic AI, LLMs, and vector stores, while guiding multiple engineering teams toward scalable, secure AI capabilities.

The role emphasizes architectural leadership, cross-functional influence, and responsible, high-impact technical decisions to advance Teradata’s AI-native products.