Principal Software Engineer – Oracle Labs & Experiences (Oracle Labs)
Oracle · Nashville, TN
$118,700–$194,400from the description
Jun 30, 2026
Nashville, TN
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role centers on designing and building hands-on technical labs, demos, and workshops that demonstrate Oracle cloud services — particularly AI/ML workloads such as RAG pipelines, vector search, and agentic workflows. Day-to-day work involves writing production-grade code, authoring Markdown-based lab instructions, deploying infrastructure via Terraform, and collaborating with product and field teams to keep content aligned with new platform releases. It suits an experienced cloud or software engineer comfortable both building technical solutions and communicating them clearly to audiences of varying skill levels.
Senior level · 6+ years · Remote · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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This role is a hybrid of software/cloud engineering and technical enablement (lab/workshop authoring). 15-1252 Software Developers was chosen because the primary day-to-day work is writing production-grade code (Python, Terraform, SQL, Bash) and building deployable cloud architectures; 15-1299 is noted as a runner-up given the significant instructional design and developer-relations dimension.
No specific work location is stated in the posting beyond 'US'; the CBSA and state fields are left blank. The role does not appear to be advertised as fully remote.
The minimum qualifications list Python/Go/Java as interchangeable options for the 6+ years of engineering experience, so they are captured as a single skill with alternatives. SQL and Bash appear in the same required-work description ('production-grade code') and are treated as hard gates.
Cloud platform experience is required ('Oracle or another major cloud'), so OCI is listed as the primary with AWS/Azure/GCP as named alternatives.
Terraform, OCI CLI, AI/ML frameworks (LangChain, Semantic Kernel, CrewAI, FAISS, Weaviate), multi-cloud exposure, and documentation tools (Markdown, GitHub, Confluence) all appear under the 'Preferred qualifications' heading and are marked accordingly.
The posting mentions a 70/30 pay mix (base/commission) and potential equity eligibility, which are not captured in the compensation fields but are worth noting for candidate conversations.
Career Level IC4 at Oracle typically corresponds to a Senior individual-contributor band, consistent with the 6+ years requirement and mentoring responsibilities.
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