[Remote] Principal Engineer, Agentic AI

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Teradata is a company focused on empowering organizations with better information through its Autonomous Knowledge Platform. The Principal Engineer for Agentic AI will lead the design and development of AI-native workflows, enhancing engineering productivity and operational excellence by architecting intelligent systems and automating processes across the AI Platform.ResponsibilitiesLead the design and development of AI-native agentic workflows that enhance engineering productivity, observability intelligence, and end-to-end operational excellence across Teradata’s AI PlatformThis is a Senior Individual Contributor role focused on building and deploying intelligent agents—not just integrating automation tools, but architecting AI-driven systems that reason, analyze, and act across telemetry, applications, and workflowsArchitect and build AI agents for observability, automated root cause analysis, anomaly detection, and engineering productivity optimizationDesign agentic workflows that integrate across telemetry pipelines, application stacks, and cloud infrastructureDevelop AI-driven tooling to accelerate development velocity, reduce operational toil, and improve MTTRApply LLMs, reasoning frameworks, and advanced AI patterns to automate complex debugging and system diagnosticsDrive AI-native development practices across apps, tooling, and platform engineeringPartner across engineering teams to embed intelligent automation into CI/CD, DevOps, and support workflowsApply foundational AI skills to explore and implement ways AI can enhance productivity, innovation, and impact across our workforceYour work will directly shape how Teradata builds, monitors, and operates its AI-powered platform. Success in this role means measurable improvements in engineering efficiency, system reliability, and autonomous operations maturitySkills8+ years of experience in software engineering with deep exposure to AI/ML systems in production environmentsProven experience building AI agents, LLM-driven systems, or autonomous workflows—not just consuming AI APIsStrong programming expertise in Python (required) and at least one of Java or GoExperience working with distributed systems, telemetry data, and observability architecturesFoundational AI skills, including prompt engineering, model evaluation, agent orchestration, reasoning frameworks, and the ability to apply AI to improve engineering and operational outcomesExperience 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 stacksHands-on experience integrating LLMs into production workflows with proper guardrails and evaluation mechanismsStrong understanding of AI-assisted development tooling and productivity optimizationExperience designing multi-step reasoning workflows and autonomous decision agentsA systems-thinking mindset that connects AI models, data pipelines, and operational workflows end-to-endStrong communication skills with the ability to influence senior engineers and product leadersA passion for how AI can unlock potential to help our teams, our customers, and our communities achieve great thingsBenefitsWe 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.Company OverviewTeradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale. It was founded in 1979, and is headquartered in San Diego, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.teradata.com.Company H1B SponsorshipTeradata has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 7 in 2026, 7 in 2025, 30 in 2024, 14 in 2023, 27 in 2022, 34 in 2021, 12 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.