Principal Engineer, Agentic AI

Who you will work with

On our team, we:

• Build the AI Platform tooling, automation, and agentic frameworks that power next-generation applications and operational intelligence at Teradata.
• You will report directly to the VP, AI Apps Tooling & Automation – AI Platform.
• The team drives AI-first application development, intelligent DevOps tooling, and agent-based productivity systems.
• We enable engineering teams across the company to leverage AI responsibly and effectively.
• We partner with AI research, platform engineering, cloud operations, and product teams to integrate observability and automation into the core platform.
• We collaborate with colleagues who share a commitment to leveraging AI responsibly, ensuring our people and customers benefit from the opportunities AI creates.
• This team plays a foundational role in advancing Teradata’s AI-first strategy by transforming how software is built and operated.

What makes you a qualified candidate

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering with deep exposure to AI/ML systems in production environments.
• Proven experience building AI agents, LLM-driven systems, or autonomous workflows—not just consuming AI APIs.
• Strong programming expertise in Python (required) and at least one of Java or Go.
• Experience working with distributed systems, telemetry data, and observability architectures.
• Foundational AI skills, including prompt engineering, model evaluation, agent orchestration, reasoning frameworks, and the ability to apply AI to improve engineering and operational outcomes.

What you will bring

• Experience building agentic systems for observability, automated remediation, or intelligent diagnostics (ideal background from AI-native or data observability companies such as Acceldata).
• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, distributed tracing systems, or similar observability stacks.
• Hands-on experience integrating LLMs into production workflows with proper guardrails and evaluation mechanisms.
• Strong understanding of AI-assisted development tooling and productivity optimization.
• Experience designing multi-step reasoning workflows and autonomous decision agents.
• A systems-thinking mindset that connects AI models, data pipelines, and operational workflows end-to-end.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence senior engineers and product leaders.
• A passion for how AI can unlock potential to help our teams, our customers, and our communities achieve great things.

Why we think you will 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.

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