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We’re seeking a Principal Engineer to help shape the future of Graal Cloud Service, a platform that brings high-performance, polyglot runtime capabilities to cloud-native environments.\nThis is a high-impact role at the intersection of runtime systems, cloud infrastructure, and developer platforms, where your work will directly influence how applications achieve faster startup, lower memory footprint, and superior performance at scale.\nIn this role, you’ll architect and build next-generation systems leveraging GraalVM, native image compilation, and cloud-native abstractions to deliver seamless, efficient, and secure execution environments. You’ll define technical strategy, drive architectural direction, and partner across teams to bring innovative, production-grade solutions to life.\nWhat You’ll Do\nArchitect and design cloud-native runtime platforms built on GraalVM and native image technologies that work with Oracle DB.\nDrive innovation in low-latency execution, serverless runtimes, and high-density multi-tenant systems.\nLead development of polyglot execution environments supporting Java, JavaScript, Python, and beyond.\nOptimize startup time, memory utilization, and throughput for large-scale distributed systems.\nChampion data intelligence and automation, enabling smarter decisions and next-gen user experiences.\nCollaborate with infrastructure, database, and application teams to integrate Graal-based runtimes into enterprise services.\nDefine and influence technical strategy and roadmap for Graal Cloud Service.\nEnsure systems meet enterprise-grade requirements for scalability, reliability, observability, and security.\nMentor engineers and drive best practices in performance engineering and systems design.\n What You’ll Bring\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field (advanced degree preferred).\n5+ years of experience in systems engineering, runtime development, or cloud infrastructure.\nStrong expertise in JVM internals, compilers, or runtime systems (e.g., GraalVM, HotSpot, LLVM).\nDeep understanding of distributed systems and cloud-native architectures (Kubernetes, microservices, serverless).\nProven experience in performance optimization, profiling, and low-level system tuning.\nStrong programming skills in Java and/or systems languages.\nAbility to translate complex performance and infrastructure challenges into scalable, production-ready solutions.\nExcellent leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills.\n\nBonus Points\nHands-on experience with GraalVM Native Image and polyglot runtime environments.\nFamiliarity with serverless platforms and function-as-a-service (FaaS) architectures.\nExperience building developer platforms or PaaS offerings.\nKnowledge of observability tooling, tracing, and performance diagnostics.\nContributions to open-source runtime, compiler, or cloud infrastructure projects.\n\nWhy You’ll Love Working Here\nBuild the foundation for next-generation cloud execution platforms.\nWork on cutting-edge innovations in runtime performance and cloud efficiency.\nCollaborate with world-class engineers shaping the future of Java and polyglot ecosystems.\nSolve complex challenges in performance, scale, and distributed execution.\nThrive in a culture that values deep technical excellence, ownership, and innovation.\nDisclaimer:Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.\nRange and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only\nUS: Hiring Range in USD from: $114,600 to $234,600 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.\nOracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.\nCandidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.\nOracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:\n1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion\n2. Short term disability and long term disability\n3. Life insurance and AD&D\n4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)\n5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts\n6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits\n7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match\n8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.\n9. 11 paid holidays\n10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.\n11. Paid parental leave\n12. Adoption assistance\n13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan\n14. Financial planning and group legal\n15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance\nThe role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.\nAs part of Oracle's onboarding process and consistent with applicable law, US-based employees are required to complete identity verification, which involves the collection and processing of their biometric information. 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