Oracle Real World Performance Engineer

Are you an experienced Database Performance Engineer who is naturally curious with a passion for all things ‘computer science’? Do you truly thrive when employing techniques and methodologies to solve business problems and data flows to derive the fastest, most efficient answers possible for the long term? If so, you’ve come to the right place! 

As a member of the Real-World Performance part of Oracle Database development, 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. Our team is looking for an out-of-the-box thinker; someone who wants to engage deeper methods who is open to building proto-types to effectively drill down to root causes and employ them for the success of our customers.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze holistically customer workloads by looking at application logic, database schema, SQL
• Review, rewrite SQL and application code
• Use available instrumentation to quantify performance
• Invent, create efficient methods, tools to analyze usage, performance
• Review Oracle database features
• Propose changes, prototype changes 
• Document and share your project results and findings
• Work with product development to implement product improvements

Qualifications:

• True passion for performance engineering
• Effective ability to look at entire system, not just the situation at hand. Strong desire to truly understand what business problems our customers are trying to solve
• Minimum of 5 years of software engineering or related experience
• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience
• Advanced experience with Oracle and SQL is essential for success in this role
• Hands on experience in SQL, Python, Java, C (C#, C++)
• Strong ability to effectively collaborate with all areas of the Database Development organization and other Oracle team members
• Location: Preference is for Redwood Shores, CA or New York, NY offices-ability to come into office to collaborate 2-3x per week preferred
• NOTE: There is no sponsorship available for this role

 

Career Level - IC4

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As a member of the Real-World Performance part of Oracle Database development, you will take an active role in the definition and evolution of standard practices and procedures. Our team is looking for an out-of-the-box thinker with a true passion for performance engineering. No Sponsorship.