Principal Backend (Java/ Python) Software Engineer – Cloud Platform & AI

Location: BENGALURU, KARNATAKA, India

Oracle is seeking a Principal Data Systems Software Engineer to design, architect, and build the next generation of cloud-native platform services powering Oracle Database Cloud.

This is primarily a core software engineering role focused on large-scale distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, and enterprise platform development. The ideal candidate has extensive experience designing and building highly scalable backend systems, microservices, and cloud platforms, along with hands-on experience applying modern AI technologies such as Generative AI, LLMs, AI Agents, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to solve real-world engineering problems.

You will work on critical platform capabilities including database provisioning, lifecycle management, monitoring, automation, and operational intelligence while helping evolve the platform with AI-powered capabilities that improve automation, reliability, and developer productivity.

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Oracle's Database Cloud Platform team builds the core cloud services that power Oracle Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). We are looking for an experienced distributed systems engineer with a strong enterprise product development background who is passionate about building large-scale cloud-native platforms and leveraging modern AI technologies to enhance platform capabilities. This role is ideal for engineers who have built scalable backend services and are now applying AI to solve complex enterprise platform challenges.