Senior Software Engineer

At Teradata, we believe that people thrive when empowered with better information. Teradata Autonomous Knowledge Platform activates enterprise intelligence by unifying data, knowledge and business context to achieve tangible outcomes. With Teradata, organizations can provide agents with full context for impact when it matters. Our solution lets businesses connect and scale on premises, in the cloud, or through a hybrid approach. Teradata delivers real business value with AI.

What You’ll Do

The Database group at Teradata Labs has an opening for Senior Software Engineer. In this role, you are expected to contribute to the design, development, and testing of new enhancements and advanced features for the Teradata SQL Engine.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all phases of agile software development life cycle from software design through customer support
• Candidate should have the skills to research and establish technical direction for complex feature development, and perform functional and performance problem analysis. As needed, candidate must be able to perform competitive analysis of competing database management systems and data integration solutions, and provide recommendations on Teradata offering changes to close competitive gaps and enhance competitive advantages
• Design, implement, validate, and test new database and novel query optimization features in an Agile form, and perform functional and performance analysis of code defects and correction of the defects
• Contribute to the delivery and continuous support of robust, resilient, and quality database products
• Lead and establish technical direction for a group of software engineers during feature development
• Help feature manager with technical aspects of features and projects including plan, track and provide status on large projects
• Design, implementation, and maintenance of core database kernel areas

Teradata is where cutting edge innovations in data management turn into business value. Our outstanding team of database architects and software engineers work together to understand and advance emerging technologies to produce the next wave of big data analytic solutions. Teradata Database is the core of Teradata Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) systems that run on premises and in hybrid clouds to manage and optimize sophisticated workloads.

The heart of Teradata Database is its cloud based best in-class query optimization engine. We work on query optimization techniques in database and analytics engines, machine learning algorithms, scalability and elasticity issues in the cloud, and many other exciting challenges related to performance, usability, accessibility and integra

What Makes You a Qualified Candidate

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline, with at least ten years of related research or industry, or
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline, with at least eight years of related research or industry experience, or
• D. in Computer Science or related discipline, with at least five years of related research or industry experience
• Technical leadership in composing very complex and visionary idea in cloud-based data management specifically query processing and optimization

• Prior experience of working with open source project is a plus
• Familiarity with various database technologies
• Top notch programming skills in C/C++, Java, Python, R, SQL
• Computer Science fundamentals in object oriented design, design patterns, and test driver development
• System development experience
• Debugging with complex software in a parallel processing environment
• Passionate, self motivated, risk taker, proactive, initiative taker, good communicator (written & verbal), creative, and team oriented
• Experience using Agile software development methods and tools
• Excellent programming/debugging skills at the Assembley level is a plus
• Demonstrated design skills for large scale, elastic and highly available cloud database services or distributed systems
• Deep understanding of Amazon Web Services (AWS) / Public Cloud technologies and operations

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.