Lead Principal Data Systems Software Engineer

We’re looking for a database and storage systems expert to solve complex problems in distributed database systems, storage infrastructure, transaction processing, and highly available services.  You will define specifications for significant new projects,  design, develop and debug software according to those specifications. This is a critical position with large impact on development and technical leadership.

As a member of the Data Platform division, you will apply advanced knowledge of databases and storage systems architecture to perform software development tasks associated with developing, debugging or designing software platforms and applications according to provided design specifications. You will build enhancements, new components, and new services as well as suggest improvements to the architecture, operational practices, scalability, resiliency. You will:

·Work with Architects, business stakeholders and deliver new features/services and improvements.

·Perform on-call operations duties on a rotating basis, Debug operational issues and suggest fixes, raise the operational bar and scalability of service(s)

·Champions effective use of AI and GenAI solutions to improve productivity, innovation, and business impact across teams.

·Reimagine service experiences and deliver proof points that improve the service along one or more dimensions (improve Operations, Usability, Cost to Serve, Availability, to name a few)

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.

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

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $122,800 to $306,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.


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:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. 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.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. 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.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. 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 - IC5

·10+ years’ experience delivering and operating large scale, highly available distributed systems, storage services and databases.

·PhD or MS in CS/EE with a very strong knowledge of C++/C , Systems Programming, Distributed Systems, data structures, algorithms and operating systems.

·Expert in Database Design and decoupled compute and storage

·Good understanding of networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP),  and Linux internals

·Experience building multi-tenant, virtualized infrastructure and/or working on open-source software/contributions to open source PSQL/MySQL/Redis/Memcached is a strong plus.

·Strong problem determination, problem resolution and performance tuning skills