Principal engineer - applications

Job Description

At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we are building the next generation of AI applications that transform how enterprises get work done. The Oracle Chat Experience is one of our flagship initiatives - an intelligent, multi-agent system that enables professionals across business functions to interact, reason, and co-create with AI.

As a Principal Software Developer, you will take ownership of designing and delivering significant features across multiple components of this product. You will work closely with applied scientists, product managers, and engineers across domains to translate complex ideas into scalable, reliable, and secure systems. This role blends hands-on development with technical leadership. You will drive technical design decisions, mentor engineers, and ensure the team delivers features that are both high-quality and operationally robust.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

• 5+ years of professional software development experience, including experience leading design and delivery of complex systems.

• Strong coding and system design skills in Python, Java, or Go.

• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, and observability.

• Proven ability to lead technical projects and collaborate effectively across functions.

• Demonstrated success mentoring other engineers and fostering technical excellence.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with LLM-powered systems, agentic frameworks, or AI workflow orchestration.

• Familiarity with frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, or equivalent.

Why Join

• Work on real-world agentic AI applications that reach enterprise customers globally.

• Collaborate with talented engineers and scientists solving complex real-world problems in enterprise AI.

• Lead with impact - define, deliver, and operate systems that bring reasoning and automation to how enterprises work.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and delivery of end-to-end features within the Oracle Chat Experience, spanning backend services, model orchestration, and user-facing experiences.

• Collaborate with applied scientists to integrate reasoning, retrieval, and multi-agent coordination into production systems.

• Define and drive technical direction for key feature areas, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security in cloud environments.

• Mentor and guide engineers through design reviews, architecture discussions, and operational best practices.

• Partner with product managers and program managers to balance innovation with delivery timelines and quality goals.

• Contribute to continuous improvement in development practices, observability, and on-call operations.

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. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

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

About Us

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We know that true innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That's why we're committed to growing an inclusive workforce that promotes opportunities for all.

Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer competitive benefits based on parity and consistency and support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.

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