Senior Software Engineer Customer Developer Tools (CDT)
Our CompanyTeradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform for enterprise analytics. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale. Only Teradata gives you the flexibility to handle the massive and mixed data workloads of the futuretoday. The Teradata Vantage architecture is cloud-native, delivered as-a-service, and built on an open ecosystem. These design features make Vantage the ideal platform to optimize price-performance in a multi-cloud environment. What You'll DoAs a Senior Software Engineer on the Customer Developer Tools (CDT) team, you'll design, implement, and enhance the systems and tools that connect Teradata's Vantage platform to the broader developer ecosystem. You'll work primarily in C/C++, GoSQL, and Python, contributing to features that power next-generation AI SQL capabilities, streamline developer experience, and improve database interoperability. You will:
- Develop and optimize core products in CDT that enhance performance and customer usability.
- Work with SQL, AI SQL and GoSQL frameworks to improve query generation and execution efficiency.
- Collaborate with CDT and database engineering teams to ensure smooth integration between Vantage and external developer environments.
- Participate in design reviews, provide feedback, and uphold engineering best practices.
- Support customer developer use cases and ensure product readiness across multi-cloud deployments.
Impact and Success
You'll play a critical role in strengthening Teradata's connection with the developer community, enabling customers to innovate faster by improving how they interact with the Teradata Vantage platform through intuitive, high-performance tools. Success looks like delivering robust, maintainable, and well-tested code; collaborating effectively across teams; and consistently contributing to the evolution of Teradata's developer ecosystem. Who You'll Work WithYou'll be part of the Customer Developer Tools (CDT) engineering organization, a team dedicated to empowering developers to build, query, and integrate efficiently with Teradata's cloud data platform. You'll collaborate with database core engineering, AI SQL, and GoSQL teams, partner with cloud platform engineers, and report to the Director of CDT. What Makes You a Qualified Candidate
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- 58 years of software engineering experience in database systems, developer tools, or system-level programming.
- Proficiency in C/C++, Go and Python.
- Strong understanding of SQL fundamentals, database concepts, and data access frameworks.
- Experience contributing to complex, multi-component software systems.
- Experience in Teradata Database is a plus.
- Experience in developing AI agents or working with artificial intelligence technologies is highly desirable.
What You'll Bring
- Familiarity with GoSQL, AI SQL, or similar query frameworks.
- Experience developing customer-facing tools, SDKs, or extensions.
- Understanding of multi-threaded programming, performance tuning, and cloud-native environments.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across languages and platforms.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional and customer-facing teams.
- Commitment to building reliable, maintainable, and scalable software.
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.
