Principal Research Engineer

Principal Research Engineer

At Oracle Analytics, we are building the next generation of enterprise AI products to enable intelligent data analysis at scale. Leveraging our foundational strengths in data management and enterprise software applications, we are advancing our platforms and applications by deeply embedding cutting-edge agentic AI, generative AI, and innovations in machine learning and optimization. Our AI and Applied Science team is looking for a Principal Research Engineer to work on foundational technology for our AI Data platform and intelligent applications. In this role you will bridge core AI development and production implementation and take responsibility for building codebases and infrastructure for highly visibly AI products from the ground up. You will partner with teams of applied scientists and production engineers to prototype AI solutions, optimize code for performance and speed, and deploy your solutions into products with a global customer reach.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with applied scientists and engineers to transition science solutions into production codebases.
• Write high quality production-ready code; refactor, optimize and scale existing code.
• Identify new opportunities for engineering improvements; actively contribute to improving existing infrastructure and development practices.
• Maintain a deep understanding of industry trends and developments in engineering for AI.

Qualifications and Experience:

• MSc or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field and a minimum of 5 years of work experience in AI/Generative AI/Machine Learning in an industry setting.
• Hands-on development experience and a history of transitioning science solutions into successfully deployed products.
• Deep understanding of state-of-the-art AI models for structured and unstructured data and their engineering implementations.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication skills and a flexible, collaborative mindset.
• Excellent coding skills (Python, SQL, C/C++); familiarity with vLLM, Tensor-RT, DeepSpeed, and similar frameworks.

Career Level - IC4

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

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