Principal Member of Technical Staff

Oracle•Redwood City, CA

27d

About The Position

Core Database Recovery and High Availability, Database Systems Technologies Our team builds high availability infrastructure for the Oracle database. We are looking for bright people who like to challenge themselves by attacking complex problems in systems programming, high availability, and ultra-scalability. Scaling for us means running well on very large multiprocessors, on large numbers of computers in a cluster, as well as on very large databases. Self-managing means making our software self-tuning and intelligent such that all the complexity and sophistication is hidden from the end user. Resilience to failure means having the system stay up and functional even when there are hardware failures, software failures, and human error. Our team owns the critical layer of database redo logging and recovery to ensure data durability. Our team builds software to maximize database throughput by taking advantage of new hardware technologies. Our team builds engine of Oracle's flagship High Availability feature Oracle Data Guard. Our team builds engine of Oracle’s True Cache technology. Our team builds software to make system available in sub-seconds after failover. Our team consists of members from 5 different countries in North America and Europe. More than two-thirds of the team members are database veterans that have worked on database kernel development for 10+ years. Our projects are driven by customer needs and by innovative ideas that percolate from the bottom-up as well as top-down. We are looking for self-motivated individuals, who can solve complex problems under limited supervision. The following skills are valued:

Requirements

Proficient in C
SQL proficiency is a plus

Responsibilities

Familiar with relational database and operating system concepts

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