Principal Software Engineer- Core Database

We are the team responsible for building the NoSQL JSON document storage features of Oracle Database. Our current projects include:

• A MongoDB-compatible endpoint that translates the MongoDB wire protocol to SQL
• Enhancing Oracle SQL syntax to support JSON document processing
• Extending Oracle JDBC and other client libraries for JSON processing
• Developing innovative storage and query processing techniques to handle JSON efficiently
• The Autonomous JSON Database – one of Oracle Database’s flagship managed cloud offerings

Our work spans both conceptual innovation and hands-on engineering. We invent and patent new storage, query, and indexing technologies, contribute to open standards (SQL, JSON Schema, etc.), and undertake large-scale implementation projects. Given the high demand for our innovations, we also engage with customers and present at conferences.

Who We’re Looking For

We seek engineers with strong expertise in:

• Data structures, algorithms, and system-level programming (Java or C)
• Databases (SQL or NoSQL) and semi-structured data models (JSON, XML) — experience in these areas is a plus

If you’re passionate about designing cutting-edge database technologies and working on innovative solutions at scale, we’d love to hear from you!

Career Level - IC4

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