Senior Principal Engineer - AI Networking

Location: Seattle, WA, United States

You will work at the intersection of distributed systems, networking, and AI infrastructure, driving architecture, design, implementation, and performance optimization across software components that support thousands of GPUs and high-bandwidth network fabrics. The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in RDMA and distributed communication systems with a strong track record of delivering production-grade infrastructure at scale.

As a technical leader, you will influence architecture across multiple teams, mentor senior engineers, and help shape the roadmap for Oracle's AI networking platform.

What You'll Bring

• Ability to solve highly complex technical challenges spanning networking, distributed systems, and AI infrastructure.
• Strong system design skills with a focus on scalability, performance, and reliability.
• A data-driven approach to performance analysis and optimization.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across engineering organizations.
• Passion for building foundational technologies that enable the next generation of AI workloads.

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.

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Oracle is seeking a highly experienced Lead Principal Software Engineer (IC5) to help define and build the next generation of AI networking infrastructure powering large-scale GPU clusters and distributed AI training platforms. This role focuses on high-performance networking, RDMA-based services, collective communication libraries, congestion management, resiliency, and software platforms that enable efficient operation of large-scale AI workloads. In this role, you will help build the networking and communication foundation for Oracle's AI infrastructure, enabling efficient scaling of cutting-edge AI workloads across large GPU clusters. Your work will directly influence the performance, reliability, and scalability of systems powering some of the industry's largest AI deployments.