Sr. Staff Engineer

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. Responsibilities: Design and implement resilient, cost-effective, and high-scale batch and streaming pipelines that power critical support operations and analytics Optimize data storage and retrieval strategies for analytical workloads Build highly scalable, low-latency data processing systems that enable real-time insights, monitoring, reporting, and decision-making Define architectural standards, best practices, and technical roadmaps for data-intensive applications Drive technical decision-making across distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and analytics platforms Conduct architecture reviews and provide guidance on scalability, performance, security, and reliability Partner with Product Managers, Data Engineers, Data Scientists, and Business teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions What makes you a qualified candidate Master’s/Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or comparable work experience 10+ years of experience using advanced Python, Go, Java, C/C++ in a highly parallel computing environment 10+ years of experience working with distributed data systems (Hadoop, Hive, Spark) and MPP databases 10+ years of strong development experience with medium to large analytics and data warehouse solutions Hands on experience with Kafka/Flink/Pinot/Clickhouse Experience designing full-lifecycle data systems, including logging, ingestion (Batch/Stream), quality frameworks, and monitoring. Extensive experience designing dimensional data models and data warehouses Deep Understanding of Event-driven Architectures, Stream processing, distributed computing, High-throughput systems, low latency services What you’ll bring You will be a preferred candidate if you have Familiarity with various database technologies Deep understanding of public Cloud technologies and operations A proactive and solution-oriented mindset with a passion for technology and continuous learning An ability to work independently and take initiative while contributing to the team’s success Creativity and adaptability in a dynamic environment A strong sense of ownership, accountability, and a drive to make an impact AI proficiency

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. Teradata invites all identities and backgrounds in the workplace. We work with deliberation and intent to ensure we are cultivating collaboration and inclusivity across our global organization. ​ We are proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, ancestry, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related conditions), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, military and veteran status, or any other legally protected status.