Senior Software Engineer (Python)

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.

Who You’ll Work With

• This position is for a Senior Software Engineer in the Platform Services team within the Vantage Core Platform Software organization.

• The team builds cloud platform services powering provisioning and lifecycle management of Teradata compute infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

• Key focus areas include:
  • Cloud native provisioning and lifecycle automation for distributed compute environments
  • Platform services for orchestration, scaling, and configuration management across public cloud platforms
  • Serverless and event driven automation frameworks for infrastructure workflows
  • Secure and reliable connectivity enablement for cloud deployed compute systems

What You’ll Do

• Design and develop cloud native platform services for distributed infrastructure systems

• Design platform capabilities supporting large scale infrastructure provisioning

• Build scalable orchestration workflows using serverless technologies

• Develop automation for provisioning, scaling, upgrades, and teardown workflows

• Implement reliable and fault tolerant provisioning pipelines

• Build REST APIs supporting platform orchestration workflows

• Collaborate with networking and infrastructure teams

• Troubleshoot provisioning and lifecycle failures

What Makes You a Qualified Candidate

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline with 6+ years experience

• Advanced degree with 4+ years experience

• Strong experience working with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud

• Strong programming experience in Python or similar languages

• Experience designing infrastructure automation using cloud APIs or IaC tools

• Experience building serverless or event driven systems

• Strong understanding of IAM, networking, multi region deployments, and cloud APIs

• Experience building CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins or GitHub Actions

• Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills

What You’ll Bring

• Experience working across multiple cloud platforms

• Experience building internal platform services used by multiple teams

• Experience working with Kubernetes or distributed infrastructure systems

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.