Software Developer 4 - OCI AI Platform

Job Description

OCI is Oracle's next-generation cloud platform, built for the most demanding enterprise workloads. We are focused on delivering high-performance computing, storage, networking, and platform services at global scale.

The AI Platform, Services & Solutions organization within OCI is building a robust ecosystem to support the end-to-end lifecycle of AI and machine learning workloads. From GPU infrastructure and training pipelines to model serving and deployment tools-we empower teams across Oracle and our customers to build and deploy AI at scale.

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our growing team and help shape the future of AI infrastructure and services at Oracle. You will work on critical components of OCI's AI platform, including high-scale GPU cluster management, self-service ML infrastructure, and model serving systems.

Work on critical AI infrastructure that powers Oracle's GenAI and ML initiatives. Contribute to high-impact projects with visibility across Oracle Cloud. Collaborate with top engineers and researchers in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment. Grow your career in a supportive, mission-driven team building the future of enterprise AI.

Responsibilities

What You'll Do

Build cloud service on top of the modern Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) building blocks at OCI

Design and build distributed, scalable, fault tolerant software systems

Participate in the entire software lifecycle - development, testing, CI and production operations

Design and lead software projects without needing significant guidance and guide / mentor / coach junior engineers

Balance between product feature development and production operational concerns like writing runbooks, ops automation, structured logging, instrumentation for metrics and events

Leverage internal tooling at OCI to develop, build, deploy and troubleshoot software

Participate in on-call for the service with the team

Qualifications

8+ years of experience shipping scalable, cloud native distributed systems

Experience with building multi-tenant Kubernetes and security isolation.

Built Kubernetes controllers, operators and CRDs to automate lifecycle management of AI / ML workloads.

Implement advanced optimizations : distributed and disaggregated inference serving, multi-node inference, KV-cache reuse.

Build intelligent request routing and adaptive scheduling to maximize GPU utilization.

Experience inference solutions like : Nvidia Dynamo, vLLM, Ray Serve.

Experience with production operations and best practices for putting quality code in production and troubleshoot issues when they arise

Able to effectively communicate technical ideas verbally and in writing (technical proposals, design specs, architecture diagrams and presentations)

BS in Computer Science, or equivalent experience

Experience in Go, Java, Python.

Preferred Qualifications

MS in Computer Science

Experience building control plane / data plane solutions for cloud native companies

Experience in diagnosing, troubleshooting and resolving performance issues in complex environments

Deep understanding of Unix-like operating systems

Production experience with Cloud and ML technologies

Generative AI, LLM, Machine learning experience

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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