Lead Principal AI Platform Engineer

Oracle

Nashville (TN)

On-site

USD 97,000 - 306,000

Full time

13 hours ago
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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.

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