Database engineer Jobs in Berkeley, CA

New College Grad Role

New college grad role intended for students graduating with their Master's and / or Doctorate's degree by August 2026, or have graduated within 12 months of cohort start date in June / July 2026. Target start date : mid-June or mid-July 2026. Work location : San Francisco Bay Area (Redwood Shores, CA) & Nashua, NH.

The program is intended to enhance your overall learning experience, help build your network, and accelerate your opportunity to make an impact. The Oracle Database Technologies organizations create data management technologies that power the modern economy. This includes the Oracle Database, the most widely used mission-critical database in all major industries around the world. We use this foundation to develop Database Services in Public and Private Clouds, and the Oracle Autonomous Database, the world's first self-driving, self-securing, self-repairing mission-critical cloud database service. The organization also engineers hardware systems specialized for database that are used by over 75% of the largest businesses in the world.

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What You'll Bring (Objective Minimum Qualifications)

To be considered for a software engineer position in the Database Technologies organizations, you must possess the objective minimum qualifications (OMQs) below. Please ensure that your application clearly indicates that you meet these OMQs, by listing relevant academic / professional / personal projects on your resume.

• Visa sponsorship is not available for this role. For clarity purposes, this means that Oracle is not in a position now, or in the future, to offer US immigration sponsorship. This includes, but is not limited to, support of H-1B, TN, O-1, green card or F-1 e.g. EAD, OPT, CPT, I-20, F-1 visa stamp, etc.
• Completed a Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent science / engineering field by June 2026.
• Are strongly proficient (i.e., able to complete coding projects with no assistance) in the following programming languages : C, C++ and Java.
• Have the ability to implement sophisticated algorithms and data structures in very complex systems with the highest quality.
• Have completed coursework, projects, internships, and or research three or more of the following systems programming related areas :
• Computer Architecture / Software Architecture
• Distributed Systems
• Database Systems / Database Internals (Storage Engine)
• Multithreaded / Multicore programming / Concurrent programming
• Parallel Programming
• Operating Systems Concepts
• Have completed at least one internship, research assistantship, teaching assistantship, or equivalent practical experience working with the relevant technical areas noted above.
• Reside in the United States and / or attend a university in the US.
• Able to obtain work authorization in the US in 2026.

About You (Preferred Qualifications)

Minimum 3.0 GPA Career Level - IC2

Responsibilities

The Database Engineering Team is responsible for full stack development of a family of databases including Oracle NoSQL Database, Oracle Times-Ten In-Memory Database, and the industry-leading Oracle Database itself. This is a systems-focused group that works on areas such as distributed databases, substantial scalability, high availability, security, analytics, data warehousing, automatic parallelization, networking, replication, distributed caching, transaction engines, data engines, SQL execution, query optimization, and language design. The team develops in-database machine-learning and AI algorithms both to help our customers improve their business, and to make our own products autonomous. In addition, this group is also responsible for working on Oracle Engineered Systems which provide utmost performance and availability using technologies such as Persistent Memory and RDMA.

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 : $68,500 to $158,200 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 :

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 - IC2.

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