What You'll Do As an AI Technologist, you will serve as both a thought leader and a hands-on technical expert for our Healthcare, Life Sciences, and Public Sector clients. You will design, develop, and deliver AI/ML demonstrations, prototypes, and proof-of-concepts that showcase the full power of Teradata's AI/ML capabilities. This role combines strategy with execution - you must be equally comfortable presenting to C-suite executives and writing production-quality code.
Key Responsibilities
Client Engagement & Discovery
- Lead discovery sessions with Healthcare, Life Sciences, and Public Sector clients to understand business objectives, AI/ML use cases, and technical environments.
- Translate complex AI/ML concepts into clear business outcomes for non-technical audiences.
- Rapidly assess technical requirements and data readiness.
- Build trusted advisor relationships through credible thought leadership.
- Work independently or as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Hands-On Development & Delivery
- Design, prototype, and deliver AI/ML technology demonstrators aligned with client needs.
- Apply advanced analytics and ML techniques across predictive and prescriptive use cases.
- Select, deploy, and fine-tune AI models from Hugging Face and other repositories.
- Design and implement vector databases and retrieval-augmented solutions.
- Develop agentic AI workflows including multi-step reasoning and autonomous behaviors.
- Write clean, documented, production-ready SQL and Python code.
- Use GitHub and DevOps processes for version control and collaboration.
Enablement & Knowledge Sharing
- Create reusable code templates, frameworks, and accelerators.
- Document best practices, architectures, and implementation guides.
- Support pre-sales activities with technical expertise.
- Share learnings and assets across Teradata's global AI/ML community.
- Demonstrate internal/external thought leadership by developing AI/ML content.
Who You'll Work With This is a forward-deployed engineering role, working directly with customers in short sprints to shape requirements and build compelling AI/ML solutions under time pressure, that will require frequent travel to customer sites.
What Makes You a Qualified Candidate Technology
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, Data Science, or related field.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience building AI/ML solutions in production.
- Expert Python programming and strong SQL skills.
- Experience with TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, LangChain.
- Experience with Hugging Face model selection and deployment.
- Familiarity with agentic AI frameworks and multi-step reasoning.
- Proficiency with GitHub.
- Strong database development experience.
Client-Facing Skills
- Exceptional presentation and communication skills and a proven ability to engage with both executive and technical audiences.
- Experience leading client workshops.
- Ability to work both independently and within multi-disciplinary teams under time pressure.
- Ability to think both critically and creatively, and to translate complex business needs into technical solutions.
What You'll Bring - Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP data and analytic technologies.
- Familiarity with data visualization tools.
- Understanding of data privacy and security requirements and issues.
- Team collaboration and multi-project management.
- Appreciation of industry-specific challenges across healthcare and public sector domains.
US Pay Rate: $212,700.00 - $265,800.00 - $319,000.00 On-Target Earnings
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 eligible to participate in the Company's benefits programs, which generally include health care, life and disability insurance, retirement savings, and time-off programs. Benefit details vary by country and plan, including eligibility and available options, and will be shared during the hiring process. Additional information is available here: https://www.teradata.com/About-Us/Careers/BenefitsEmployees 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
