Senior Principal Data Systems Software Engineer - Exadata Database

Oracle; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle Corporation in Redwood City seeks experienced Systems Software Engineers to join the Exadata Database Team. A BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field is required. You will work on advanced software for the Exadata platform powering Oracle's cloud and on-premises deployments.

The role emphasizes performance optimization, collaboration with cloud and hardware teams, and delivering ultra-low latency, massive scalability, and high availability for OLTP and analytics workloads.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in CS or related field.
• Experience in systems software development.
• Experience with high-performance database platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize Exadata system software to support OLTP and analytics workloads.
• Collaborate with database and hardware teams to ensure extreme performance and scalability.
• Contribute to design reviews and performance profiling.

Skills

Systems software

Distributed systems

Performance optimization

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Exadata hardware knowledge

Oracle Database

Job description

We're seeking experienced Systems Software Engineers with a BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field to join the Exadata Database Team.

Exadata is Oracle's flagship engineered system and the foundation of the world's most advanced database platform. All Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) database services are built on Exadata, and the same platform underpins Oracle's multi-cloud partnerships with AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Exadata also powers Oracle Cloud@Customer and high-performance on-premises database systems.

The Exadata team builds the software that drives Oracle's highest-performance database systems for mission-critical OLTP, analytics, and cloud workloads. Exadata is the only database platform engineered end-to-end for extreme performance, scalability, and availability, integrating Oracle database and storage software with industry-leading hardware technologies.

The Exadata platform powers many petabyte-scale databases across on-premises environments and multiple clouds, delivering query throughput beyond 1 TB/s and tens of millions of transactions per second. Its architecture is built for massive scalability and extreme performance, capable of completing OLTP transactions in under 20 microseconds and supporting multi-tenant cloud workloads spanning thousands of databases.

Career Level: IC4 / IC4.5