Senior AI Platform Lead — Data & Scale

Teradata; Juneau (AK); On-site; USD 200,000 - 299,000; Full time

Job summary

Teradata is seeking a Senior Manager – AI Platform to lead development and evolution of our next-generation platform powering autonomous, AI-driven agents. This role combines data science expertise and technical depth to scale a distributed system that enables reasoning, memory, and tool use at runtime.

You will drive product and data science strategy, oversee engineers and data scientists, and ensure that the AI Platform is performant, extensible, and production-ready.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software/platform engineering or data science.
• 3+ years in engineering management or technical leadership roles overseeing AI-driven initiatives.
• Proven experience building and scaling distributed systems or cloud platforms.
• Strong background in backend development, APIs, infrastructure, or platform architecture.
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML platforms, LLM integrations, and data science methodologies.
• Experience with vector databases, semantic search, feature stores, and data pipelines in production.
• Strong project management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Excellent communication with executive stakeholders and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering and data science roadmap for the AI Platform with scalable architecture.
• Define requirements for predictive modeling, memory, planning, and tool orchestration.
• Design core platform services including API gateways, vector store integrations, and RAG pipelines.
• Oversee integrations with third-party tools and data science services at scale.
• Guide cloud-native practices, observability, security, and reliability.
• Mentor and grow a high-performing team of backend engineers and data scientists.
• Align platform capabilities with evolving AI product needs and downstream applications.
• Drive excellence through reviews, reliability practices, and cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

Platform engineering leadership

Data science leadership

Cloud-native architecture

AI/ML platform experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring & hiring

Executive stakeholder communication

Strategic technical decision making

Tools

Vector databases

Semantic search

Feature stores

RAG pipelines

API gateways

LLM integrations

Job description

Teradata is seeking a Senior Manager – AI Platform to lead development and evolution of our next-generation platform powering autonomous, AI-driven agents. This role combines data science expertise and technical depth to scale a distributed system that enables reasoning, memory, and tool use at runtime.

You will drive product and data science strategy, oversee engineers and data scientists, and ensure that the AI Platform is performant, extensible, and production-ready.