Lead Principal Application Software Engineer- Forward Deployed Engineer at Oracle
Denver, CO
$104,600–$264,100from the description
Jul 20, 2026
Denver, CO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor engineering role focused on leading large-scale data platform and AI transformation programs for major enterprise clients. Day-to-day work spans architecting and migrating data estates from platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, and major cloud providers onto Oracle's cloud data platform, tuning distributed Spark workloads, and building reusable delivery frameworks. The role also involves acting as a technical advisor to C-suite stakeholders and mentoring senior engineers globally.
Senior level · 10+ years · Remote · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $142,568 (middle half $111,775–$173,013). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role title is 'Senior Principal Forward Deployed Engineer' (IC5 at Oracle), which maps to a Principal advertised level; however, the actual scope — owning technical strategy for individual customer programs, mentoring senior engineers, and influencing product roadmap — is consistent with a Senior individual contributor rather than a true org-wide Principal authority, so seniority is assessed as Senior.
No specific work location is stated beyond 'US'; the posting lists a US salary range but does not name a city, metro, or state, so CBSA and state fields are left blank. Remote status is unspecified in the posting; remote=false is set as the default for a customer-facing field-engineering role.
The SOC classification is a close call: the role is primarily about architecting and delivering enterprise data platforms (pipelines, Lakehouse, ETL, governance) — pointing to 15-1243 Database Architects — but it also involves substantial hands-on software engineering (Spark optimization, automation frameworks, migration accelerators), which could support 15-1252 Software Developers. 15-1243 is chosen as primary given the dominant data-architecture framing.
Scala and Java are listed together in the requirements ('Scala or Java'); Scala is emitted as the primary skill with Java as an alternative.
Infrastructure as Code is mentioned in the requirements section but names no specific tool (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi), so it is omitted per the rule against generic concepts with no named technology.
OCI certifications and experience with LLMs, RAG, vector databases, AI agents, and MLOps appear under Preferred Qualifications and are marked as preferred accordingly.
The compensation range ($104,600–$264,100/year) is explicitly stated as broad to account for geography, experience, and business line variation; Oracle notes candidates may also be eligible for bonus and equity.
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