Senior Data Plane Architect for Agentic Databases

Teradata; California (MO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Teradata is seeking a senior Data Plane Architect to own the Postgres‑based data plane architecture and drive the Technical PoC against live workloads. You will shape design decisions, balance consistency, availability, and performance, and work across Teradata Fabric, Context Engine, and AgentStack teams.

You will mentor engineers, review designs, and translate complex architectural concepts into actionable plans for production readiness in a cloud/on‑prem hybrid setting.

Qualifications

• Deep, hands-on PostgreSQL expertise including MVCC, WAL, storage and extension API.
• Experience navigating large C/C++ codebases and reading Postgres source.
• Systems programming in C/C++ with familiarity of higher‑level languages (Go/Python/Ruby).
• Strong understanding of storage engine trade-offs and OLTP workload implications.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end data plane architecture for the Agentic Database data plane: Postgres engine configuration, storage model, WAL strategy, MVCC handling, extension framework.
• Own architectural trade‑offs and document decisions for maintenance and scalability.
• Lead the Technical PoC end-to-end: design test harness, workloads, success criteria, benchmarks, findings.
• Serve as technical authority in architecture reviews and mentor engineers on database internals.

Skills

Postgres expertise

C/C++ systems programming

Distributed systems design

Go/Python/Ruby familiarity

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science

Job description

Teradata is seeking a senior Data Plane Architect to own the Postgres‑based data plane architecture and drive the Technical PoC against live workloads. You will shape design decisions, balance consistency, availability, and performance, and work across Teradata Fabric, Context Engine, and AgentStack teams.

You will mentor engineers, review designs, and translate complex architectural concepts into actionable plans for production readiness in a cloud/on‑prem hybrid setting.