Principal Machine Learning Engineer

Implements machine learning (ML) model serving for production. Ensures the readiness of machine learning models for deployment in production. Automates machine learning workflows. Creates infrastructure and frameworks to monitor the performance of machine learning models in deployment. Evaluates potential data quality, security, and/or privacy issues and their impacts on modeling. Provides troubleshooting and debugging support. Addresses issues in machine learning serving infrastructure and workflows. Collaborates with stakeholders to integrate machine learning models into new or extant systems. Develops, maintains, and refines tools, platforms, and services for internal use. Develops efficient, bug-free code from scratch. Maintains familiarity with current developments in the machine learning field and integrates knowledge into model development.

Key Responsibilities

Machine Learning and Data Modeling – Model Productionization:

–         Utilizes machine learning (ML) and software development knowledge to implement ML model serving for production.

–         Collaborates with multiple stakeholders, such as Development Leads, Product Management, Operations, and Release Management, to make, adopt, and communicate technical decisions, and shape the development and delivery of software.

Model serving Development and Deployment – Model Deployment:

–         Ensures ML model serving readiness for deployment by scaling models, cleaning model code, and ensuring production quality standards are met.

–         Automates model serving workflows, from data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) to model deployment and monitoring, to establish the continuous integration and continuous delivery of machine learning solutions.

Model Development and Deployment – Model Serving Performance:

–         Creates infrastructure and frameworks to monitor the performance and alignment with design criteria of trained models and/or systems.

–         Proactively monitors the performance of deployed models and troubleshoots independently or in collaboration with Data Science.

–         Develops novel metrics that provide analytical insights to non-technical stakeholders on how well machine learning models are operating.

Internal Collaborations and Impacts – Model Integration and Operation:

–         Collaborates with multiple stakeholders (e.g., data scientists, software developers) to integrate open source models into new or existing systems.

–         Understands operational considerations of model deployment (e.g., performance, scalability, stability, maintenance).

–         Provides expert troubleshooting and debugging support, addresses issues in machine learning engineering infrastructure and workflow, and creates robust solutions to prevent future problems.

Internal Collaborations and Impacts – Tool Development:

–         Develops, maintains, and refines tools, platforms, environments, and services for internal use.

Internal Collaborations and Impacts – Coding and Documentation:

–         Develops efficient, bug-free, medium-complexity code from scratch, and properly maintains and organizes the existing codebase.

–         Implements best practices for version control, code review, and code delivery/deployment.

–         Builds and maintains professional documentation for technical processes (experimentation, data collection and analyses, model building).

–         Tests and reviews code for bugs.

Machine Learning Engineering Expertise:

–         Maintains familiarity with current developments in the machine learning engineering field and integrates knowledge into model development.

–         Maintains familiarity with the usage and development of third-party machine learning frameworks, packages, and libraries (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras) to continuously evaluate their performance and scalability, and integrate them into production environments.

Core Responsibilities

Planning & Execution:

–         Manages and coordinates moderately complex tasks, monitoring timelines and deliverables to ensure timely completion and adherence to requirements for a moderately sized project or initiative.

–         Efficiently delegates, monitors, and prioritizes work across multiple projects, providing technical oversight and adjusting plans to address shifts in resources or timelines.

Collaboration & Partnership:

–         Collaborates across the organization to align on expectations and achieve shared objectives.

–         Leverages understanding of business leaders, stakeholders, and/or customers to ensure proposed solutions meet their needs.

–         Supports inclusivity by actively seeking and listening to diverse perspectives, ensuring others feel heard and respected.

Problem Solving:

–         Identifies and addresses moderately complex issues by analyzing a wide range of data and/or information to identify solutions in accordance with standard practices.

–         Proactively escalates unresolved or critical issues with a thorough assessment and suggests potential solutions.

–         Reviews, contributes to, and documents problem solving strategies.

Continuous Learning:

–         Pursues learning opportunities to expand knowledge and skills and/or tools in new areas and stays abreast of the latest industry trends and best practices.

–         Proactively seeks and leverages ongoing feedback and training to improve skills.

–         Coaches and mentors junior team members, fostering continuous learning and knowledge sharing within and across teams.

Continuous Improvement:

–         Develops ideas, recommends updates, and/or collaborates on the implementation of process improvements to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows across teams, and evaluates the impact on key stakeholders.

–         Solicits feedback from others on ideas for alternative approaches and methods for continued improvement.

Performance and Development:

–         Contributes to the talent development pipeline by participating in candidate interviews, assessing candidates, and providing hiring recommendations.

Disclaimer:

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.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $126,200 to $264,100 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.


Oracle 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.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. 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.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. 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.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
As 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. Accommodations to this requirement may be granted following an individualized assessment.