Principal Software Development Engineer, AI Data Platform

Job Description

Oracle's Customer Excellence Advisory Lead (CEAL) team is hiring a Principal Solutions Architect - AI Data Platform to help global customers unlock the full potential of their data. You will provide expert architectural guidance focused on designing, optimizing, and scaling modern AI/ML-centric data platforms. As a key member of Oracle's Analytics and AI Service Excellence organization, you will work closely with enterprise customers, product management, and engineering to ensure seamless adoption of Oracle AI Data Platform, Gen AI services, and associated cloud technologies.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate across product, engineering, and field teams to address complex AI/ML architecture challenges and ensure customer success.

• Deliver technical workshops, blogs, and presentations to evangelize best practices around Oracle AI Data Platform.

• Provide strategic guidance on data strategy, model lifecycle management, and Gen AI deployment patterns using OCI AI Services.

• Partner with customers to assess, design, and evolve end-to-end AI-centric data architectures across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and hybrid environments

• Proactively recognize customer requirements, uncover unaddressed needs, and develop potential solutions across various customer groups.

• Review and support big data infrastructures: This involves review of existing comprehensive designs for big data architectures that align with the business's strategic goals and requirements.

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams.

• Prepare for complex product or solution-related inquiries or challenges that customers may present.

• Promote understanding of customer complexities and the value propositions of various programs (e.g., speaking at different events, team meetings, product reviews) to key internal stakeholders.

Primary Skills:

• Experience with LLMs and agentic frameworks (e.g., MCP, OpenAI, Cohere, LangChain, CrewAI).

• Knowledge of RAG pipelines and vector DBs (e.g., 23ai, FAISS, Pinecone, Weaviate).

• Familiarity with OCI Gen AI Services and model lifecycle workflows.

• Solid Python and REST API skills.

• Exposure to building autonomous agents and orchestration pipelines.

• Experience working with cloud platforms like Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Big Data Service (BDS) and Big Data Appliance (BDA).

• Proficiency in big data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, and Nosql

• Design and implement scalable, secure, and efficient complex big data architectures.

• Manage and optimize large-scale databases.

• Must have a solid understanding of networking concepts to design and optimize data transmission networks, configure network settings, and diagnose and resolve network-related issues.

• Troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

• Commitment to continuous learning and staying up-to-date with the latest big data technologies and trends

Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $96,800 to $223,400 per annum. null

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

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 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

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

Career Level - IC4

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