Principal Software Engineer, AI Core Infrastructure at OCI

Oracle•Nashville, TN

About The Position

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is hiring a Principal Software Engineer for a software development team building services to operate AI infrastructure at scale. The team transforms complex operational processes into reliable AI-driven services, automated workflows, and AI agents that help engineers assess GPU infrastructure health, investigate and resolve issues, and make informed decisions. Its work covers infrastructure lifecycle management, operational visibility, GPU infrastructure delivery, and AI-assisted automation, in partnership with operations, infrastructure, and engineering teams. In this hands-on individual contributor role, you will lead the design and delivery of software platforms for AI infrastructure. You will translate ambiguous problems into technical designs, build production services, guide engineering decisions across systems, and remain accountable for production performance. You will write and review code, own significant technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and lead work from problem definition through implementation, rollout, and production support. The role includes building reliable APIs, backend services, integrations, and tools; developing AI-assisted investigation, knowledge retrieval, and workflow execution capabilities with appropriate evaluation, access controls, and human oversight; and replacing recurring manual tasks with reusable automation. You will design for partial failures, retries, idempotency, auditability, observability, and safe recovery, while partnering with operational teams to improve reliability, resolution speed, and infrastructure availability. The stated U.S. hiring range is $114,600 to $234,600 per annum. The position may be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral. Oracle describes a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; disability and life insurance; flexible spending accounts; commuter and parking benefits; a 401(k) plan with company match; paid time off, holidays, sick leave, and parental leave; adoption assistance; an employee stock purchase plan; financial planning and group legal benefits; and voluntary insurance benefits. U.S.-based employees are required to complete identity verification involving biometric information, subject to accommodation following an individualized assessment.

Requirements

At least 7 years of professional software engineering experience, including ownership of complex production systems.
Strong programming skills in Python, Java, Go, or a comparable language.
Experience designing and operating distributed systems, backend services, and APIs.
Strong understanding of data modeling, SQL, asynchronous processing, and integration across multiple systems.
Experience with Linux, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure.
Demonstrated ability to diagnose production issues involving application behavior, infrastructure, and data dependencies.
Experience delivering secure, maintainable software with automated testing, deployment pipelines, monitoring, and operational documentation.
Ability to lead technical work across teams, make sound architectural tradeoffs, and deliver under ambiguous requirements.
Clear written and verbal communication skills, with experience mentoring engineers.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with GPU infrastructure, AI/ML platforms, HPC, or large-scale data center environments.
Experience building infrastructure automation, orchestration platforms, or event-driven workflows.
Experience delivering LLM applications or AI agents, including tool integration, retrieval, evaluation, and production monitoring.
Familiarity with infrastructure inventory, telemetry, incident management, or hardware lifecycle systems.
Experience with OCI or another major cloud platform.

Responsibilities

Own the architecture and delivery of services and automation supporting AI infrastructure provisioning, validation, troubleshooting, and ongoing operations.
Build reliable APIs, backend services, integrations, and tools that connect infrastructure systems and turn data into actionable workflows.
Develop AI-assisted capabilities for investigation, knowledge retrieval, and workflow execution, with appropriate evaluation, access controls, and human oversight.
Replace recurring manual tasks with reusable automation, using operational feedback to prioritize improvements.
Design for partial failures, retries, idempotency, auditability, observability, and safe recovery.
Lead technical initiatives from problem definition through implementation, rollout, and production support.
Establish engineering standards through design reviews, code reviews, testing, and clear technical documentation.
Mentor engineers and align technical decisions with partner teams.
Measure results through reduced manual effort, faster resolution, improved reliability, and adoption by operational users.
Lead architecture, design, and development of OCI services that support AI infrastructure operations at scale.
Design distributed systems and APIs integrating infrastructure telemetry, inventory, diagnostics, and operational data.
Translate complex operational needs into technical requirements and deliver solutions from concept through production.
Own service reliability, performance, scalability, and security through testing, observability, safe deployments, and production support.
Partner with operations and infrastructure teams to identify recurring problems and replace manual processes with reusable automation.
Set technical direction, lead design and code reviews, and mentor engineers to strengthen engineering practices.
Improve outcomes through reduced manual effort, faster issue resolution, and increased infrastructure availability.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion.
Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
Life insurance and AD&D; supplemental life insurance is also available.
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, including Flexible Vacation for eligible salaried employees or accrued vacation for other eligible employees.
11 paid holidays.
72 hours of paid sick leave upon hire, refreshed annually, with unused hours carrying over up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
Paid parental leave.
Adoption assistance.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Financial planning and group legal benefits.
Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance.
The role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.