Senior Staff Software Engineer

Teradata • Providence, RI • 6h ago

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

The Database Query Optimization group at Teradata Labs has an opening for Sr. Staff 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 Vantage Cloud Lake (VCL) Platform.

Responsibilities / Interesting Work You'll Do

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 the LLVM-based query Parsing Engine

Who You'll Work With

Teradata Labs 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 integration.

What Makes You a Qualified Candidate

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline, with at least fifteen years of related research or industry, or

Master's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline, with at least ten years of related research or industry experience, or

in Computer Science or related discipline, with at least eight 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

What You'll Bring

Prior experience of working with LLVM 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, pro-active, 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

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 committed to actively working to foster an inclusive environment that celebrates people for all of who they are.

LI-CP2

Teradata is proud to be an equal opportunity 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. We welcome and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply and join our team, bringing their unique perspectives and experiences to help us innovate and grow. If you require accommodations during the interview process, please let your recruiter know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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