Principal Platform Software Engineer - JOIN OCI NASHVILLE!

Location: Nashville, TN, United States

PRINCIPAL PLATFORM SOFTWARE ENGINEER (IC4)

OCI Log Analytics - Query Language and Distributed Execution

Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Work Arrangement: On-site Monday through Friday
On-Call Requirement: Participation in the team’s on-call rotation is required
Relocation: Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates

POSITION OVERVIEW

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Log Analytics is a cloud-scale observability platform that enables customers to search, analyze, and derive actionable insights from massive volumes of machine-generated data. Its query language supports advanced capabilities, including clustering, anomaly detection, natural language processing, statistical analysis, and time-series analysis across terabytes of log data.

We are seeking a Principal Platform Software Engineer to help shape the architecture, query language, and distributed execution platform behind these capabilities. In this role, you will solve complex engineering problems involving query processing, distributed systems, machine learning, and generative AI.

You will also have opportunities to develop AI agents and agentic workflows that make large-scale log investigation and operational troubleshooting faster, more intuitive, and more effective.

This is a production-facing engineering role based in Nashville, Tennessee. The selected candidate must work on-site Monday through Friday and participate in the team’s on-call rotation. Candidates who are interested in relocating to Nashville are encouraged to apply. Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates.

 

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Join Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) as a Principal Platform Software Engineer supporting OCI Log Analytics. You will help design and evolve the query language and distributed execution platform that enables customers to analyze terabytes of machine-generated data. This role involves solving complex engineering challenges across distributed systems, query processing, machine learning, generative AI, and AI agents. You will build secure, resilient, high-performance cloud services, lead production troubleshooting, mentor engineers, and collaborate across OCI teams. Strong Java and/or Python experience and a background building large-scale distributed systems are required. This position is based in Nashville, Tennessee, and requires on-site work Monday through Friday. Participation in the team’s on-call rotation is also required. Candidates who are willing to relocate are encouraged to apply, and relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates.