Principal Software Development Engineer; OCI

Principal Software Development Engineer (OCI)

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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 of a start‑up, with the scale and customer‑focus of the leading enterprise software company in the world.

Values are OCI’s foundation and how we deliver excellence. We strive for equity, inclusion, and respect for all, and are committed to the greater good in our products and our actions. We continuously learn and take opportunities to grow our careers.

The Console Team within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is seeking an experienced Principal Frontend AI Software Development Engineer to help build the next‑gen AI‑first Console experience. In this role you will design and implement agentic systems, evaluate models, and bring your experience with MCP, A2A, and prompt engineering. You will also work on the front‑end user experience to enable this new offering for our Cloud customers.

Strong technical skills, innovation, and a proactive ethic are essential.

• Design and implement large‑scale AI systems, ensuring scalability, reliability and performance.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams and build cutting‑edge AI applications.
• Support the front‑end user experience for AI assistants (chat UIs, dashboards).
• Design agentic systems with observability, security, extensibility and compliance with policy.
• Work onsite in Nashville, TN (priority) or Austin, TX (secondary). Relocation assistance is provided. This is not a remote position.

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• 8–10+ years of experience in software development, design, implementation and operation of distributed services.
• Strong product development experience in Python, Java, C# or comparable languages.
• Experience in microservices development.
• Familiarity with agentic/MCP frameworks (FastMCP, Lang Chain, Lang Graph).
• Experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol), A2A (Agent‑to‑Agent protocol) and prompt engineering.
• Experience with front‑end UX for AI assistants (chat UIs, dashboards).
• Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI) and related technologies.
• Ability to design agentic systems with elicitation, observability, safety, guardrails, policy definition, enforcement and extensibility.

US hiring range: $96,800 – $223,400 per year. Eligible for bonus and equity.

Comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, supplemental life insurance, health care FSA, pre‑tax commuter and parking benefits, 401(k) with company match, paid time off, 11 paid holidays, sick leave, parental leave, adoption assistance, employee stock purchase plan, financial planning, volunteer benefits, and more.

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