Principal Engineer - AI Networking

Location: Seattle, WA, United States

The ideal candidate is an experienced RDMA software engineer with a strong background in high-performance networking, distributed communication systems, and systems programming. You will work closely with senior technical leaders to design, implement, optimize, and operate critical networking infrastructure used by large-scale AI training and inference workloads.

This is a hands-on engineering role requiring deep technical expertise, strong software development skills, and a passion for solving complex performance and scalability challenges.

What You'll Bring

• Strong software engineering fundamentals and systems programming expertise.
• Deep interest in RDMA, high-performance networking, and distributed communication systems.
• Ability to diagnose and solve complex performance and scalability problems.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills in cross-functional engineering environments.
• Ownership mindset with the ability to independently drive technical initiatives from design through production deployment.
• Passion for building infrastructure that enables next-generation AI systems.

About Us

Only Oracle brings together the data, infrastructure, applications, and expertise to power everything from industry innovations to life-saving care. And with AI embedded across our products and services, we help customers turn that promise into a better future for all. Discover your potential at a company leading the way in AI and cloud solutions that impact billions of lives.

True innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That’s why we’re committed to growing a workforce that promotes opportunities for all with competitive benefits that support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.

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Oracle is seeking a Principal Software Engineer (IC4) to join our AI Networking team and help build the high-performance communication infrastructure that powers large-scale AI and HPC workloads. This role focuses on developing RDMA-based software, collective communication libraries, networking services, congestion management solutions, and distributed systems that enable efficient scaling across large GPU clusters. In this role, you will help develop the networking and communication technologies that underpin Oracle's AI infrastructure. Your work will directly influence the performance, scalability, and reliability of large-scale GPU clusters running advanced AI training and inference workloads, while giving you the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging networking and distributed systems problems in the industry.