Principal Data Systems Software Engineer

Oracle is a company providing data, infrastructure, applications, AI, and cloud solutions. Oracle is seeking a Principal Engineer to architect and build GraalVM-based cloud-native runtime platforms, define technical strategy, optimize performance, and collaborate across teams to deliver secure, scalable execution environments.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and design cloud-native runtime platforms built on GraalVM and native image technologies that work with Oracle DB
• Drive innovation in low-latency execution, serverless runtimes, and high-density multi-tenant systems
• Lead development of polyglot execution environments supporting Java, JavaScript, Python, and beyond
• Optimize startup time, memory utilization, and throughput for large-scale distributed systems
• Champion data intelligence and automation, enabling smarter decisions and next-gen user experiences
• Collaborate with infrastructure, database, and application teams to integrate Graal-based runtimes into enterprise services
• Define and influence technical strategy and roadmap for Graal Cloud Service
• Ensure systems meet enterprise-grade requirements for scalability, reliability, observability, and security
• Mentor engineers and drive best practices in performance engineering and systems design

Requirements:

• Applicants are required to read, write, and speak the following languages: English
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
• 5+ years of experience in systems engineering, runtime development, or cloud infrastructure
• Strong expertise in JVM internals, compilers, or runtime systems (e.g., GraalVM, HotSpot, LLVM)
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and cloud-native architectures (Kubernetes, microservices, serverless)
• Proven experience in performance optimization, profiling, and low-level system tuning
• Strong programming skills in Java and/or systems languages
• Ability to translate complex performance and infrastructure challenges into scalable, production-ready solutions
• Excellent leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills
• advanced degree preferred
• Hands-on experience with GraalVM Native Image and polyglot runtime environments
• Familiarity with serverless platforms and function-as-a-service (FaaS) architectures
• Experience building developer platforms or PaaS offerings
• Knowledge of observability tooling, tracing, and performance diagnostics
• Contributions to open-source runtime, compiler, or cloud infrastructure projects