Principal Software Engineer

Oracle is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join a highly skilled team focused on building modern cloud and AI-enabled enterprise solutions. This role is ideal for a developer with strong hands‑on experience in Oracle APEX, PL/SQL, Oracle Database technologies, and a solid foundation in full‑stack software development.

• Design, architect, develop, and operate secure, scalable, highly available enterprise AI‑enabled applications and services using Oracle APEX, Oracle Database, PL/SQL, SQL, REST APIs, JSON, JavaScript, and modern full‑stack engineering practices.
• Build reusable enterprise AI frameworks, developer platforms, APIs, orchestration services, and AI accelerators that enable scalable AI adoption across Oracle enterprise applications.
• Drive the technical design and architecture of enterprise AI solutions, ensuring maintainability, scalability, resiliency, security, observability, and operational readiness.
• Integrate Generative AI capabilities using OpenAI technologies including GPT models, Assistants APIs, embeddings, tool/function calling, structured outputs, Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG), and agentic AI workflows.
• Evaluate and integrate Anthropic Claude models and enterprise AI capabilities including prompt orchestration, context management, guardrails, and secure enterprise AI patterns.
• Develop AI‑powered enterprise workflows using Oracle Database 23ai AI Vector Search, vector embeddings, semantic search, hybrid retrieval, and AI‑assisted database capabilities.
• Collaborate across engineering teams, architects, security teams, product management, and business stakeholders to define technical direction and deliver enterprise‑scale AI platforms and applications.
• Drive engineering best practices including code quality, automated testing, CI/CD, Dev Ops, operational excellence, observability, performance optimization, database tuning, resiliency engineering, and production readiness.
• Lead troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and operational improvements for complex enterprise applications and AI services.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to organizational improvements in engineering practices, operational standards, documentation, development processes, and technical design reviews.
• Identify technical risks, evaluate emerging technologies, and recommend scalable engineering solutions aligned with Oracle’s enterprise AI strategy.

Disclaimer:
Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client‑facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.

Career Level:

IC4

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&DD
• 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 is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non‑overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment.
  
  Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

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 for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.