Oracle Real World Performance Engineer

Oracle•Redwood City, CA

6d•Remote

About The Position

Are you an experienced Database Performance Engineer who is naturally curious with a passion for all things ‘computer science’? Do you truly thrive when employing techniques and methodologies to solve business problems and data flows to derive the fastest, most efficient answers possible for the long term? If so, you’ve come to the right place! As a member of the Real-World Performance part of Oracle Database development, you will take an active role in the definition and evolution of standard practices and procedures. You will be responsible for defining and developing software for tasks associated with the developing, designing and debugging of software applications or operating systems. Our team is looking for an out-of-the-box thinker; someone who wants to engage deeper methods who is open to building proto-types to effectively drill down to root causes and employ them for the success of our customers.

Requirements

True passion for performance engineering
Effective ability to look at entire system, not just the situation at hand.
Strong desire to truly understand what business problems our customers are trying to solve
Minimum of 5 years of software engineering or related experience
Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience
Advanced experience with Oracle and SQL is essential for success in this role
Hands on experience in SQL, Python, Java, C (C#, C++)
Strong ability to effectively collaborate with all areas of the Database Development organization and other Oracle team members

Responsibilities

Analyze holistically customer workloads by looking at application logic, database schema, SQL
Review, rewrite SQL and application code
Use available instrumentation to quantify performance
Invent, create efficient methods, tools to analyze usage, performance
Review Oracle database features
Propose changes, prototype changes
Document and share your project results and findings
Work with product development to implement product improvements

Benefits

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