Job Description
The OCI Generative AI team is responsible for building and scaling Oracle's Generative AI and Agent services. Our mission is to empower customers to apply cutting-edge AI to their unique business challenges-leveraging Oracle's infrastructure, enterprise reach, and deep expertise in AI. We focus on delivering high-performing, secure, and enterprise-grade generative AI models and services, including state-of-the-art solutions for code generation (e.g., NL2Code), content generation, and AI agents.
Role Overview:
We are looking for a Senior Applied Data Scientist (IC5) with deep expertise in LLMs and Generative AI to join our growing team. In this role, you will drive innovation at the intersection of AI and software development, with a focus on natural language to code (NL2Code) , LLM fine-tuning , and evaluation frameworks . You'll collaborate with top scientists and engineers to build and deploy models that are not only powerful but safe, secure, and reliable for enterprise use.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead development and evaluation of cutting-edge LLMs for NL2Code and related tasks (e.g., code synthesis, debugging, translation, and doc generation).
Design and execute robust experimentation pipelines, benchmarking frameworks, and adversarial testing for model quality and safety.
Collaborate with research and engineering to define and drive scientific direction in areas like instruction tuning, reinforcement learning, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and guardrails.
Publish impactful research at top-tier conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ACL, ICML, ICLR) and contribute to open science where applicable.
Translate business problems into AI solutions while ensuring safety, fairness, and compliance.
Serve as a technical thought leader, mentor junior scientists, and engage cross-functionally with product and engineering teams.
Required Qualifications:
PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, or a related field.
Strong publication record in top AI/ML conferences or journals.
5+ years of hands-on experience building and evaluating deep learning models, particularly transformer-based LLMs.
Expertise in natural language processing, code generation (NL2Code), and multi-turn interaction modeling.
Deep understanding of model evaluation, including human-in-the-loop methods and automated metrics.
Strong software engineering skills-proficient in Python, PyTorch, or TensorFlow; comfortable working with large-scale distributed training systems.
Experience working with prompt engineering, alignment techniques (e.g., RLHF), and safety/guardrail systems is a plus.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and drive projects from ideation to deployment.
Why Join Us?
Work on cutting-edge generative AI technologies with real-world enterprise impact.
Collaborate with world-class talent in a dynamic, high-growth environment.
Enjoy the resources and scale of Oracle while pushing the boundaries of what GenAI can achieve.
Responsibilities
Advance State-of-the-Art NL2Code Capabilities:
Lead the research, development, and deployment of advanced LLM-based models for natural language to code (NL2Code) tasks, including code synthesis, auto-completion, code translation, and generation of documentation from code or natural language. Drive innovation in how developers interact with AI to enhance productivity and reliability in software engineering.
Design Evaluation Frameworks for LLMs:
Architect rigorous evaluation strategies for generative models, including human-in-the-loop evaluations, adversarial testing, hallucination detection, and task-specific metrics. Develop automated pipelines and benchmarks that ensure consistent and transparent measurement of model performance, quality, and safety.
Model Development and Fine-Tuning:
Lead fine-tuning of large-scale language models using supervised, instruction-tuning, and reinforcement learning approaches. Experiment with cutting-edge training techniques such as PEFT, LoRA, RAG, and retrieval-augmented coding.
Cross-Functional Technical Leadership:
Collaborate with engineers, PMs, designers, and legal/compliance teams to ensure models are not only effective but also safe, secure, and enterprise-ready. Translate high-level business use cases into technically sound model development roadmaps.
Publish and Represent Oracle in the Research Community:
Contribute to internal and external visibility of the team's innovations through publications, presentations, and conference participation (e.g., ACL, NeurIPS, EMNLP). Help build Oracle's reputation in applied AI research and attract top-tier talent.
Mentorship and Technical Guidance:
Mentor junior and mid-level scientists and engineers. Offer scientific and technical direction on experimentation, design choices, and model architecture. Foster a culture of curiosity, rigor, and engineering excellence.
Scalable System Thinking:
Design models and pipelines with deployment and production-readiness in mind-balancing model accuracy, latency, cost, and interpretability. Contribute to system design reviews and optimize for large-scale OCI infrastructure.
Stay Ahead of Emerging Trends:
Continuously monitor the GenAI landscape for innovations in foundation models, prompting strategies, code intelligence, and evaluation practices. Apply emerging research to maintain Oracle's competitive edge in enterprise AI solutions.
Disclaimer:
Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $139,400 to $291,800 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:
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
Short term disability and long term disability
Life insurance and AD&D
Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
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.
11 paid holidays
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.
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Financial planning and group legal
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.
Career Level - IC5
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