Senior Director, AI Engineering - AI Marketplace

Our Company:

Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform for enterprise analytics company. 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 future, today. 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.

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What You’ll Do

As Senior Director, AI Engineering (AI Marketplace), you will:

• Lead the engineering strategy and execution for Teradata’s AI Marketplace platform
• Own the end‑to‑end marketplace lifecycle, including:
• Partner and product onboarding
• Listings, search, and recommendations
• Access management and governance
• Ratings, reviews, and trust signals
• Billing, monetization, and entitlements
• Deployment and operational integration
• Manage and mentor senior engineering leaders, including:
• Senior Engineering Managers
• Principal Engineers
• Senior Staff Engineers
• Define platform architecture and build high‑quality, scalable distributed systems
• Drive technical excellence, reliability, security, performance, and operational readiness
• Partner closely with Product Management, Design, Security, Cloud Operations, and Go‑to‑Market teams
• Establish strong engineering practices across:
• SDLC, CI/CD, and DevOps
• Observability, monitoring, and production operations
• Quality, availability, and security standards
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, inclusion, and continuous improvement
  
  

Who You’ll Work With

You will collaborate cross‑functionally with teams across Engineering, Product, Design, Security, Cloud Infrastructure, and Enterprise Architecture. Reporting to a senior engineering executive, you will work closely with stakeholders across Teradata to align on strategy, prioritize investments, and drive successful product adoption.

Required Qualifications (Non‑Negotiable)

• Proven experience leading large‑scale engineering organizations, including multiple managers and teams
• Deep expertise in building and operating distributed systems and cloud‑native platforms
• Strong backend engineering background (e. g. , Java, microservices, RESTful APIs)
• Hands‑on experience with:
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)
• Data systems (SQL and NoSQL)
• Messaging and streaming technologies (e. g. , Kafka)
• UI or platform‑adjacent frontend technologies
• Familiarity with AI/ML ecosystems, including:
• Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Agentic AI frameworks
• AI developer or productivity tools
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Typically 18+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ years leading senior engineering leaders
• Strong understanding of:
• System design and architecture patterns
• API‑driven and platform ecosystems
• Modern UI frameworks and developer experience
• Experience building or scaling marketplace, platform, or SaaS products
• Expertise in CI/CD pipelines, observability, reliability engineering, and production operations
• Experience working in multi‑cloud or hybrid cloud environments
• Strong executive‑level communication, stakeholder influence, and decision‑making skills
• Ability to thrive in fast‑moving, ambiguous environments
• Demonstrated commitment to inclusive leadership, team development, and engineering excellence
  
  

Why You’ll Love Working at Teradata

• People‑first culture built on trust, flexibility, and wellbeing
• Flexible work model empowering you to choose how and where you work
• Strong commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• An antiracist organization dedicated to creating an environment where everyone can thrive
• Opportunity to shape enterprise‑scale AI platforms used by some of the world’s largest organizations
  
  
  
  

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.