Principal AI Software Developer

Job Description

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At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we build the future of the cloud for enterprises as a diverse team of creators and inventors. We act with the speed and attitude of a start‑up, with the scale and customer focus of the world’s leading enterprise software company.

Join the OCI team. We’re looking for experienced AI developers to shape the future of OCI networking using AI.

In this role you will lead the design and development team to build advanced AI applications powered by AI models. You will use AI/ML to automate, optimize, and secure networks, focusing on tasks such as self‑provisioning, auto‑ingesting, auto‑qualifying systems and self‑healing networks. Required skills include Python, ML frameworks, training AI models, and an understanding of networking protocols, data center designs, infrastructure as a service, network monitoring, and network automation.

As a Principal AI Software Developer you will be responsible for building and optimizing large‑scale AI systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance. The candidate should work collaboratively with cross‑functional teams to drive the development and deployment of AI solutions.

• Design and implement scalable orchestration for serving and training AI/ML models
• Explore and incorporate contemporary research on AI, agents, and inference systems into the software stack for designing, monitoring, troubleshooting and deploying networks
• Evaluate, integrate, and optimize technologies across the stack for latency, throughput, and resource utilization for training and inference workloads
• Lead initiatives in AI systems design, including Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) and LLM fine‑tuning
• Design and develop scalable services and tools to support GPU‑accelerated AI pipelines, Python/Go, and observability frameworks

• Strong Python and ML frameworks (PyTorch, Tensor Flow)
• LLMs, embeddings, vector search, RAG pipelines, and fine‑tuning
• Data engineering:
  Spark, Kafka, Flink, OCI Streaming/Data Flow
• Distributed systems and large‑scale training/inference
• Handling network telemetry (Net Flow, packet captures, streaming telemetry)
• Network automation frameworks (Terraform, Ansible, NAPALM; Batfish is a plus)
• Containerization, model serving, GPU workflows, CI/CD, and MLOps tools
• Writing design docs, scoping features, and owning delivery end‑to‑end

BSEE, BSCS, BSCE, or equivalent. MSEE, MSCS, or MSCE is a plus. At least 7+ years of experience building software systems and AI applications, including training models.

Certain U.S. customer or client‑facing roles may require compliance with immunization and occupational health mandates.

US:
Hiring range in USD from $96,800 – $223,400 per year. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Benefits include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance (including expert medical opinion)
• Short‑term disability and long‑term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre‑tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) savings and investment plan with company match
• Paid time off:
  Flexible vacation for salaried employees and accrued vacation for others
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave with 72 hours upon hire, refreshing each year
• Paid parental leave
  
  Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal services
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance

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The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.