Senior Staff Engineer - 218768

Teradata; California, San Diego (MO, CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Staff Engineer in the SQL-Engine Services team. This role offers the opportunity to design and implement cutting-edge solutions for cloud-based analytics. You'll collaborate with talented engineers to advance our innovative cloud analytics platform, ensuring high-quality results in a dynamic environment. If you're passionate about technology and eager to make a significant impact, this position is perfect for you. Enjoy a people-first culture that prioritizes flexibility, well-being, and diversity, making it an ideal place to thrive both personally and professionally.

Benefits

Flexible Work Model

Well-being Programs

Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on cloud services.
• Strong understanding of architectural principles for cloud-based solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of SQLE Services architecture and implement solutions.
• Collaborate with architects and engineers on integration strategies.

Skills

Python

RESTful Services

Agile Development

Troubleshooting

Problem-solving

Linux System Administration

Security Best Practices

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Master's in Computer Science

PhD in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

VMWare ESXi

DevOps Automation Tools

Job description

Our Company

At Teradata, we believe that people thrive when empowered with better information. That's why we built the most complete cloud analytics and data platform for AI. By delivering harmonized data, trusted AI, and faster innovation, we uplift and empower our customers-and our customers' customers-to make better, more confident decisions. The world's top companies across every major industry trust Teradata to improve business performance, enrich customer experiences, and fully integrate data across the enterprise.

What You'll Do

• SQLE image creation and validation for our supported public cloud platforms.


• Services for enabling cloud provisioning and runtime operations (e.g. scaling, node failure recovery, configuration).

We are looking for a candidate to join our fast paced and cutting-edge development organization that is on the forefront of our "Teradata Everywhere" strategy.

Teradata Labs, the technology research and development (R&D) organization within Teradata Corporation, has been turning innovative decision support technology into business results for over 30 years. Our R&D team of analytic architects, database developers and engineers work to understand and advance emerging technologies to invent the next wave of cutting-edge analytic data solutions.

Responsibilities:

This position is for a Sr. Staff Engineer role in the SQL-Engine Services team within the Vantage Core - Platform Software organization. The position involves leading the design of the SQLE Services architecture, implementing solutions to our most challenging problems, collaborating with other architects and engineers concerning integration and overall architectural strategy, helping to define best practices, and mentoring engineers on the team

The ideal candidate is a highly motivated and creative software engineer who is ready to participate in an agile team environment and contribute to the success of Teradata. The successful candidate will possess a solid understanding of architectural principles relevant to SQLE Services (e.g. Teradata Vantage, networking, RESTful services, security, distributed computing, etc.). The candidate must have proven experience designing solutions for instance-based services and administering deployments on one or more of the AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud platforms. Familiarity with Teradata Vantage is also desirable, but not required. They must possess strong verbal and written communication skills, be self-driven, and deliver high quality results in a fast-paced environment. They need to enjoy working closely with their peers in a group of very talented engineers.

Job functions

• Member of an agile development team responsible for Teradata SQL-Engine Services.


• Design the services and libraries that enable provisioning and runtime operations of the Teradata SQL-Engine on our supported public cloud platforms.


• Coordinate with architects and engineers within Teradata to ensure integration requirements are met.


• Ensure quality and efficiency within their team by helping to guide engineering best practices and mentoring engineers on the team.


• Implement proof-of-concepts for new engineering efforts.


• Assist with debugging challenging problems.

Who You'll Work With

This position is for a Software Engineer in the SQL-Engine Services team within the Vantage Core - Platform Software organization. The SQLES Team is comprised of multiple scrum level teams working towards the same goal: to provide comprehensive, reliable, and scalable solutions for the Teradata SQL Engine (i.e. Teradata Database) for our supported public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).

What Makes You a Qualified Candidate

• Excellent troubleshooting, listening, and problem-solving skills


• Experience working in fast paced agile scrum development environment.


• Proven experience with designing services architectures on public and/or private cloud environments such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, VMWare ESXi, etc.


• Demonstrated expertise in Python.


• Proven experience in RESTful services development and design.


• Knowledge of security best practices for RESTful services.


• Knowledge of Linux system administration.


• Familiarity with C, bash, SQL.


• Experience with DevOps automation tools and libraries.


• Experience with Teradata Vantage a plus.


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline with 12+ years of relevant experience.


• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related discipline with 8+ years of relevant experience.


• PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline with 5+ years of relevant experience.

Why We Think You'll Love Teradata

We prioritize a people-first culture because we know our people are at the very heart of our success. We embrace a flexible work model because we trust our people to make decisions about how, when, and where they work. We focus on well-being because we care about our people and their ability to thrive both personally and professionally. We are an anti-racist company because our dedication to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is more than a statement. It is a deep commitment to doing the work to foster an equitable environment that celebrates people for all of who they are.

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