Lead Principal AI Platform Engineer

Oracle; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 97,000 - 306,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off and holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a Lead Principal Engineer to shape AI Acceleration and Developer Tools. You will drive architecture, prototypes, and platform capabilities for AI-powered developer experiences at OCI scale while collaborating with AI/ML teams, product managers, and service organizations.

You will stay hands-on, evaluate emergent AI technologies, and define durable platform abstractions that can evolve with changing models and workflows, ensuring security, observability, and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience with architecting complex production systems.
• Strong foundation in distributed systems, cloud platforms, or large-scale backend systems.
• Demonstrated experience applying or evaluating LLMs, generative AI, or AI agents.
• Ability to experiment in ambiguous environments and translate results into direction.
• Experience influencing architecture across teams without direct authority.
• Experience bringing new technologies from proof-of-concept to production at scale.
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Build architecture and strategy for AI Acceleration across Developer Tools.
• Experiment with prototypes and evaluate emerging models and agentic technologies.
• Translate evolving AI capabilities into actionable architectural direction.
• Influence technical direction across the org and align stakeholders.
• Architect platforms for AI agents, LLM-powered experiences, and integration.
• Define engineering patterns to move prototypes to secure, observable services.
• Measure impact on developer productivity using telemetry and feedback.
• Design platforms that evolve with changing AI models and workflows.
• Represent the org in architecture reviews and technical forums.

Skills

Software architecture

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

AI/LLMs

Technical leadership

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Oracle is seeking a Lead Principal Engineer to shape AI Acceleration and Developer Tools. You will drive architecture, prototypes, and platform capabilities for AI-powered developer experiences at OCI scale while collaborating with AI/ML teams, product managers, and service organizations.

You will stay hands-on, evaluate emergent AI technologies, and define durable platform abstractions that can evolve with changing models and workflows, ensuring security, observability, and cost efficiency.