Staff Software Engineer
Teradata · Posted Oct 6
Cloud data warehousing, analytics, and enterprise artificial intelligence services
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About the role
Teradata's Autonomous Knowledge Platform activates enterprise intelligence by unifying data, knowledge and business context across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid deployments, delivering real business value with AI. This Staff Software Engineer role joins a high-performing database engineering team to design and maintain scalable database features, build concurrent and multi-threaded programs primarily in C/C++, and optimize performance in a highly parallel computing environment. The role is an individual contributor position working closely with cross-functional teams and reporting to an Engineering Manager.
What you will do
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable and high-performing complex database features
- Design Concurrent/Multi-Threaded program
- Write efficient, scalable, and clean code primarily in C/C++
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
- Ensure the availability, reliability, and performance of deployed applications
- Integrate with CI/CD pipelines to facilitate seamless deployment and development cycles
- Monitor and optimize application performance and troubleshoot issues as needed
- Evaluate, investigate, and tune/optimize the performance of the application
- Resolve customer incidents and provide support to Customer Support and Operations teams
- You will be successful on achieving measurable improvements in software performance and user satisfaction.
- Ability to carry out functional and performance analysis across various subsystem within a parallel computing database.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Master's/Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or comparable work experience
- 6+ years of experience using advanced C/C++ in a highly parallel computing environment
- 6+ years of experience with code versioning tools such as Git, and IDE like VS Code.
- Deep understanding of data structures coupled with ability to write algorithms
- Exposure to RDBMS internals and working knowledge of SQL Joins
- Good working knowledge on various Query Optimization techniques
- Understanding of Virtualization and/or cloud computing.
Preferred qualifications
- Working knowledge of Teradata database
- 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
- Familiarity with AWS/Azure/GCP or any other public cloud environments.
- Exposure to various Benchmarks (e.g., TPCH/TPCDS)
- AI proficiency
Benefits and support
- Flexible work model
About Teradata
Teradata is a global enterprise software company specializing in multi-cloud data warehousing, analytics, and artificial intelligence solutions. Its flagship offerings, including Teradata VantageCloud and ClearScape Analytics, help organizations turn enterprise data into trusted, autonomous actions. The company serves leading global enterprises across industries such as financial services, retail, healthcare, and telecommunications.
- Industry
- Software
- Company size
- 5000-10000 employees
- Founded
- 1979
- Location
- San Diego, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer
John Ederer
Chief Financial Officer
Louis Landry
Chief Technology Officer
Sumeet Arora
Chief Product Officer
Michael Hutchinson
Chief Operating Officer
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