Principal Software Engineer – Oracle Labs & Experiences (Oracle Labs)

Job Description

You’ll collaborate across engineering, field, and product teams to prototype, test, and publish new labs and reusable assets that power lab events, workshops, and technical enablement programs across North America.

What you’ll do

• Design and build new Oracle-based labs and demos that showcase AI/ML, data, and application services through realistic, scenario-driven use cases (e.g., RAG pipelines, AI agents, or data ingestion workflows).

• Write production-grade code (Python, Bash, Terraform, SQL, etc.) to implement backend logic, automation, APIs, and orchestration used within labs.

• Develop interactive Markdown-based lab instructions, templates, and reusable modules that deliver a consistent, high-quality learner experience.

• Break down complex Oracle and AI concepts into clear, incremental steps that can be easily followed by users of varying technical skill levels.

• Prototype, deploy, and validate labs end-to-end —focusing on usability, reliability, performance, and documentation quality.

• Collaborate with product and field teams to align labs with new Oracle releases, GenAI platform features, and customer-requested topics.

• Build and maintain reference architectures and SDK examples that demonstrate integration of Oracle GenAI Services, AI Vector Search, and Oracle Database.

• Participate in live demos, dry runs, and internal enablement to showcase labs and gather feedback from engineers and customers.

• Mentor junior Cloud Engineers and guide best practices for lab development, testing, and delivery.

Core focus areas

• Lab & Demo Development: workshop authoring, event code setup, Terraform automation, Oracle SDK integration, markdown-based instruction design.

• AI/GenAI Workloads: RAG pipelines, embeddings/vector search, agentic workflows, and GenAI API orchestration.

• OCI Services: Data Flow (Spark), Streaming/Kafka, Object Storage, Functions, OKE, AI Vector Search, IAM/Vault, and networking.

• Oracle Database Integration: Autonomous Database, JSON Duality Views, AI Vector Search, and data ingestion for AI workloads.

• Multi-Cloud & Partner Ecosystem: Familiarity with AWS, Azure, GCP, and NVIDIA AI/cloud offerings for comparative lab design and integration testing.

• Automation & Observability: Build, deploy, and monitor labs with robust logging, telemetry, and rollback capabilities.

Responsibilities

Minimum qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

• 6+ years in software engineering or cloud development (Python, Go, Java, or similar).

• Hands-on experience developing on Oracle or another major cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP).

• Strong ability to build and demo technical solutions; confident in explaining technical workflows clearly and visually.

• Adaptability —comfortable learning new services, tools, and frameworks rapidly, and working across shifting priorities or adjacent domains.

• Familiarity with Oracle Database or related data modeling.

• Experience building hands-on labs, workshops, or customer-facing technical enablement.

Preferred qualifications

• Expertise in Terraform, OCI CLI, and automation frameworks.

• Strong written communication and documentation skills (Markdown, GitHub, Confluence).

• Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks and pipelines (LangChain, Semantic Kernel, CrewAI, FAISS, Weaviate).

• Prior exposure to multi-cloud architecture or GPU platforms (AWS Bedrock, Azure AI, GCP Vertex AI, NVIDIA DGX/NGC).

• Professional level certifications (OCI Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator, GCP Professional Cloud Engineer, NVIDIA Certified) strongly preferred.

• Demonstrated success delivering repeatable, customer-ready labs or demos.

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: $118,700 to $194,400 per annum. May be eligible for equity. Eligible for commission with an estimated pay mix of 70/30.

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 - IC4

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