Senior Principal Software Engineer

Oracle Senior Principal Software Engineer - Little Rock, Arkansas

Oracle’s Software Assurance organization aims to make application security and software assurance a reality at scale. We are an inclusive and diverse team of high-caliber software engineers, data science, and ML application researchers, distributed globally, who thrive on new challenges. We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer or Machine Learning Engineer with technical expertise in Recommender Systems, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Computer Vision, to join our growing team of multidisciplinary software engineers and ML experts.

As a Senior Principal Software Engineer, you will work closely with the technical and research teams on innovative, strategic projects including advanced applications of ML for the organization. This role is responsible for the technical direction of the team and communication with both internal and external stakeholders and leadership teams. You must demonstrate critical thinking abilities, outstanding communication skills, project management experience, and the ability to lead other experienced technical professionals.

What We Offer

• Being part of one of the most strategic departments of Oracle, cooperating with an international team of software engineers, data science, and ML experts.
• Opportunities for career growth and technical leadership.
• Exposure to cutting-edge applications of AI/ML and the opportunity to work with research teams on innovative solutions.
• Evaluating and understanding large production deep learning systems composed of dozens of models.
• Developing novel metrics that provide analytical insights to non-technical stakeholders into how well these kinds of systems are operating.

Responsibilities

Act as a leader on large-scale company initiatives and be viewed by peers as a leader and top contributor and by line management as a key business partner.

Required Skills

• BS in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, or related technical fields.
• At least 10 years of hands-on experience (may include graduate studies in computer science or related technical fields) with increasing scope in developing and implementing ML solutions.
• Experience should include 4+ years in roles with technical leadership scope in Software Engineering, Data Science, or ML Engineering.
• Thorough understanding of CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and complexity analysis.
• Strong software development experience through hands-on coding.
• Detailed knowledge of modern deep learning concepts, including but not limited to Generative AI models, FCN, CNN, RNN, Autoencoders, Transformers, and Large Language Models (LLM).
• Familiarity with version control practices (Git), containers, MLOps.
• Experience with at least one cloud platform.
• Experience in formulating analytical problems into actionable research and applying advanced machine learning techniques for problem-solving.
• Good communication skills to convey sophisticated topics in straightforward terms to stakeholders (internal or external).
• A drive to solve hard problems at scale.
• Experience in technical writing, project documentation, and/or technical publications.

Preferred Skills

• MS/PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, or related technical fields.
• Familiarity with Learning to Rank models, recommender systems, especially deep learning-based recommender systems, computer vision models, Generative AI models.
• Familiarity with serverless architecture, ML model hosting strategies, and model testing techniques.

Travel

The position will require approximately 25% travel to Columbia, MD, or Denver, CO.

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

US: Hiring Range: from $96,800 to $251,600 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles 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.

About Us

As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow’s technology to tackle today’s problems. True innovation starts with diverse perspectives and various abilities and backgrounds. We’re committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process.

Disclaimer:

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.