Technology Researcher - Advanced Hardware & Infrastructure
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Job description
We are seeking a Technology Researcher to evaluate emerging hardware and infrastructure technologies, conduct focused research spikes and proof-of-concepts, and identify optimization opportunities for our database and cloud platforms. You will collaborate with product engineering teams to advance innovations from research to production, leveraging AI-assisted development tools to accelerate your work., * Evaluate emerging technologies in compute hardware, storage, networking, GPUs, DPUs, and accelerators for potential platform integration
- Evaluate technologies such as eBPF, DASK and other communication protocols that all for distributed and heterogeneous system designs
- Design and execute targeted research spikes and proof-of-concept projects to validate technology value and measure performance impact
- Collaborate with product engineering teams to scope, test, benchmark, and document technology enhancements
- Research industry trends, academic innovations, and partner technologies to identify optimization opportunities
- Build business cases and present technology recommendations through innovation reviews
- Leverage AI-assisted coding tools to accelerate prototyping and development cycles
Who you will work with
On our team, you will have the opportunity to work with a dynamic group of professionals in Office of the CTO, Product Engineering, Product Management, Sales and other key departments. You will play a crucial role in helping Teradata better understand our customers' needs through dedicated technology research, proof-of-concepts and defining next generation infrastructure choices for our product portfolio. This position will report to the Engineering Fellow of Partner Technology Research and will reside within the Office of the CTO.
Requirements
- Distributed systems engineering background with multi-node architecture experience
- CUDA X and NVIDIA GPU ecosystem experience
- rocM/HIP and AMD GPU ecosystem experience
- eBPF, DASK or Arrow experience
- HPC or distributed application development background
- Public cloud platform proficiency
- Foundational database systems knowledge (Teradata experience a plus)
- Backend software development or infrastructure engineering experience
- Scripting/automation capabilities (Python, Bash, or similar)
- Comfortable with modern AI-assisted coding tools and platforms, * Bachelor's degree in computer science (distributed systems focus), Computer Engineering, or IT with equivalent professional progression
- 2-3+ years in backend development, systems engineering, or infrastructure engineering
- DevOps or infrastructure automation experience
What you will bring
- Confident and resilient; comfortable navigating technical disagreements and feedback
- Strong influencer with ability to persuade without direct authority or control of resources
- Excellent communicator who articulates technical concepts and business value clearly
- Collaborative, self-motivated, and intellectually curious
- Thrives in ambiguous, fast-moving technology environments
Benefits & conditions
Pay Rate: 84,000.00 - 105,000.00 - 126,000.00 Annually
Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on geographic location, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and candidate experience. Sales roles will be eligible for commission payments tied to quota achievement. All other permanent roles will be eligible for one of our annual incentive plans, which are based on company financial attainment and individual performance.
Employees in this position are also eligible to participate in the Company's comprehensive benefits programs, which include healthcare, life and disability insurance plans, a 401(k)-retirement savings plan, and time-off programs. Specific details of these benefits, including eligibility criteria and plan options, will be provided during the hiring process and can be reviewed here: https://www.teradata.com/About-Us/Careers/Benefits