Principal Data Systems Software Engineer

Oracle

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TL;DR · Principal Data Systems Software Engineer

The Principal Data Systems Software Engineer owns specific feature areas with measurable business impact. This role involves designing application services and schemas that span Online Transaction Processing and Online Analytical Processing, including JSON, spatial, and graph data models. The engineer leads debugging across various services and database layers while optimizing query and API performance to meet established service-level agreements. Key responsibilities include driving automated testing coverage and performance baselines. The position requires collaboration with product management and user experience teams to run experiments and analyze adoption and retention metrics. The work focuses on technical problem-solving within data systems, specifically managing complex data models and ensuring high performance across the backend infrastructure to support core business functionality and data integrity.

What you'll do

  • Own and manage feature areas with measurable business impact.
  • Design application services and schemas for OLTP, OLAP, JSON, spatial, and graph data models.
  • Lead debugging efforts across all services and database layers.
  • Optimize query and API performance to meet established service-level agreements.
  • Drive automated testing coverage and establish performance baselines.
  • Run experiments and analyze user adoption and retention metrics.

What we're looking for

  • Owns feature areas with measurable business impact.
  • Designs application services and schemas for OLTP, OLAP, JSON, spatial, and graph data models.
  • Leads debugging across services and database layers.
  • Optimizes query and API performance to meet service-level agreements.
  • Drives automated testing coverage and performance baselines.
  • Collaborates with product management and user experience to run experiments and analyze adoption and retention.

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