Senior Staff AI Platform Architect

Teradata; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 200,000 - 299,000; Full time

Job summary

Teradata Corporation (SE) seeks a Senior Staff AI Engineer to design, scale, and own architecture for enterprise AI platforms, including agentic AI, RAG, and vector stores. You will shape the technical roadmap and drive scalable, secure AI capabilities across Teradata’s products and cloud-native stack.

You will lead cross-functional teams, oversee guardrails for reliability and governance, and mentor senior engineers while advancing Teradata's AI platform strategy across multiple cloud

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years of backend, distributed systems, or data/AI platform experience.
• Proficiency in Java, Go, or Python with experience building largescale services.
• Deep understanding of distributed system design, scalability, fault tolerance, and cloud native architectures.
• Proven experience designing and operating production systems with SQL and NoSQL data stores.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of largescale, distributed AI systems that power Teradata's AI platform and AI native products.
• Own end-to-end architecture for critical AI capabilities such as agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, vector search, semantic retrieval, and AI orchestration frameworks.
• Drive technical strategy and architectural consistency across multiple engineering teams.

Skills

Java/Go/Python

Distributed systems

Backend services

Cloud native

SQL/NoSQL

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

LLMs

Job description

Teradata Corporation (SE) seeks a Senior Staff AI Engineer to design, scale, and own architecture for enterprise AI platforms, including agentic AI, RAG, and vector stores. You will shape the technical roadmap and drive scalable, secure AI capabilities across Teradata’s products and cloud-native stack.

You will lead cross-functional teams, oversee guardrails for reliability and governance, and mentor senior engineers while advancing Teradata's AI platform strategy across multiple cloud