Principal Member of Technical Staff

"**Principal Member of Technical Staff****Preferred Qualifications****Brief Summary:**Oracle Exadata is the best cloud platform and the most successful product in Oracle's history as the number one provider of database technology. You will be building state-of-the-art enterprise-grade software that has a huge impact on every aspect of human life. When you make a deposit in a bank, make a phone call, or buy a cup of coffee, you are using the software we build 4 out of the top 5 banks, telecoms, retailers run Exadata. If you are interested in developing software that makes a difference in peoples life, this is the job for you.**Team and Product Description:**Exadata Database Machine provides a fully integrated and optimized engineered system for running Oracle databases, whether its on premises or in cloud, with the best performance, scalability and high availability for data warehousing, OLTP and consolidated workloads. Exadata Database Machine has the key differentiator of bringing data-awareness from the database tier into the storage tier via the full stack integration. This allows us to build unique disruptive technology, such as Smart Scan, Smart Flash Cache, Smart Flash Log and Hybrid Columnar Compression, in the Exadata Storage Server tier to enable the extreme performance of an Oracle Exadata Database Machine. Every cloud initiative within Oracle is backed by Exadata Database Machine.Youll work on building disruptive software technology with the latest storage hardware, such as persistent memory (PMEM) and NVMe flash. There is enormous change in performance characteristics and there is need to write new software to best take advantage of the new hardware.Youll also work on designing and creating a new highly available, scalable, and performant storage tier that can take on the workloads of not only the Oracle database, but also a distributed key-value store at cloud scale.Oracle Exadata Database Machine has delivered impressive organic growth in acquiring new customers, and has thus been referred to as the most successful product in Oracles history by Oracle found Larry Ellison.The team is responsible for developing state-of-the-art enterprise-grade software to improve the following areas of Exadata:+ Performance+ Reliability+ Availability+ Manageability+ Serviceability**Description of the Role:**This position is located at Oracle HQ, Redwood Shores, CA. We are seeking a hands-on Software Development Engineer to design and build state of the art system software for Exadata Database Machine and Storage Server. The ideal candidate will have strong passion, deep knowledge and extensive experience in building system software for a large, parallel, scale-out computing and storage architecture and cloud environment.Candidates will be responsible for:+ Creating state of the art software to manage and optimize the leading-edge technology stack in Oracle Exadata Database Machine for the best performance, scalability and high availability+ Building system software for various technology components, including Persistent Memory (PMEM), NVMe Flash and HDD+ Developing software and infrastructure to manage Infiniband/RoCE HCA and switches, service processors and overall system performance, configurations and health+ Providing appliance-like management interfaces to Exadata Database Machine users via web-service based middleware technology+ Delivering stable and highly-available system performance via preventative and proactive handling of local component problems, such as device failures, firmware resets, etc+ Staying ahead of the technology curve by working on the latest and greatest technology breakthrough in key computing areas, such as processor, networking, flash, disk storage, persistent memory, etc, for future generations of Exadata products**Preferred Qualifications:**+ **Degree level (BS/MS/PhD): BS/MS/PhD**+ **Major(s): Computer Science or related fields**+ **Experience: 5 yrs or more**+ **Programming languages: Strong programming skills in C/C , Java, Python, and shell scripting on UNIX platforms**+ **Preferred Background: Object-oriented Programming, Operating System, Computer System Architecture, Database, Artificial Intelligence**+ **Other qualifications:**+ **Ability to do research on cutting edge technologies**+ **Effective Communication skills and problem-solving and debugging skills**+ **Strong passion and interest in learning and working on new technology innovations****Detailed Description and Job Requirements**Design, develop, troubleshoot and debug software programs for databases, applications, tools, networks etc.As a member of the software engineering division, you will take an active role in the definition and evolution of standard practices and procedures. You will be responsible for defining and developing software for tasks associated with the developing, designing and debugging of software applications or operating systems.Work is non-routine and very complex, involving the application of advanced technical/business skills in area of specialization. Leading contributor individually and as a team member, providing direction and mentoring to others. BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. 7 years of software engineering or related experience.**Oracle is an Affirmative Action-Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veterans status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.****Job:** Product Development**Location:** US-CA,California-Redwood City**Job Type:** Regular Employee Hire**Organization:** Oracle"