AI Engineer

As an AI Engineer at Teradata in Hyderabad, India, you will be instrumental in designing and delivering highly scalable, next-generation AI products. You'll collaborate within a technically rich environment alongside talented peers, contributing to product planning, design, and execution. Your work will influence the evolution of Teradata's AI capabilities.

In this role, you will:

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality systems, services, and applications with a focus on scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineers and product partners to shape designs and deliver end-to-end features.
• Build and integrate robust RESTful APIs, ensuring security, data consistency, and maintainability.
• Work with SQL and NoSQL databases to implement efficient data models and service access patterns.
• Apply and experiment with AI/ML technologies, including agentic AI and large language models (LLMs).
• Utilize AI-powered engineering tools to enhance development quality, speed, and productivity.
• Mentor engineers, providing support in technical planning, implementation, and best practices.
• Identify and resolve system performance bottlenecks, optimizing code, design, and infrastructure.
• Write unit and integration tests and participate in code reviews to maintain engineering excellence.
• Investigate production issues and ensure timely, effective solutions.
• Stay updated with emerging trends in engineering, AI/ML, and cloud-native technologies.

You will be part of a high-performing engineering team focused on building core components of Teradata's AI platform. You'll work closely with other engineers, AI/ML specialists, product managers, cloud architects, and partner teams. This role offers significant opportunities to influence Teradata's AI product roadmap and technological direction.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent from a recognized institution.
• 2+ years of experience in backend services, distributed systems, or data platform development.
• Strong proficiency in Java, Go, or Python for service development.
• Good understanding of design principles, distributed system patterns, and service frameworks.
• Hands-on experience designing and developing RESTful APIs.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and data modeling.
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with modern containerization and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of public cloud platforms.
• Experience with AI productivity tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot).
• Ability to work independently, drive workstreams, and deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Familiarity with messaging systems such as Kafka (preferred).
• Experience experimenting with or implementing AI/ML technologies, Agentic AI, or LLMs (preferred).
• A track record of influencing design decisions and driving engineering best practices (preferred).
• The ability to mentor engineers and guide them through design, planning, and execution (preferred).
• A proactive mindset and comfort working in fast-paced, dynamic environments (preferred).
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a passion for building impactful AI-driven products (preferred).