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NetSuite · 3 weeks ago

Principal Research Engineer - Agentic AI

NetSuite is a part of Oracle Analytics, where they are building the next generation of enterprise AI products to enable intelligent data analysis at scale. The Principal Research Engineer will focus on agent planning and reasoning, developing innovative techniques to enhance enterprise workloads and ensuring trustworthy outcomes in production.

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Responsibilities

Perform innovation in agent planning, reasoning, and the efficient implementation of multi-step reasoning agents across Oracle’s AI Data platform and intelligent applications
Research, architect, and prototype nextgeneration agent planning and orchestration techniques (hierarchical planning, tool routing, memory, verification/critique, tree/graph search) and efficiency methods (distillation, quantization, caching, speculative decoding, retrieval) to improve latency, cost, and reliability for enterprise workloads
Design and implement verifiable, auditable reasoning systems—spanning reasoning traces, intermediate state management, and outcome validation—to drive trustworthy outcomes in production
Partnering closely with applied scientists, research engineers, and product teams, you will take solutions from lab to production, delivering measurable impact in globally scaled intelligent applications

Qualification

Agentic AIGenerative AIMulti-step reasoningMachine learningPythonPyTorch/JAXTransformersKV-cache managementCollaborationProblem-solvingCommunication

Required

10+ years of experience in product development
Deep expertise in agentic and generative AI with a strong focus on planning and multi-step reasoning
Hands-on proficiency with modern ML/LLM stacks (e.g., Python, PyTorch/JAX, transformers, vector stores, orchestration frameworks)
Experience with systems performance techniques (KV-cache management, batching, routing, parallelization)
Familiarity with post-training/fine-tuning (RLHF/RLAIF, DPO, PEFT), alignment and guardrails, and symbolic-neural hybrid methods
Ability to research, architect, and prototype next-generation agent planning and orchestration techniques
Experience in designing and implementing verifiable, auditable reasoning systems

Company

NetSuite

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NetSuite is cloud computing company dedicated to delivering business applications over the internet.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$157.79M
Key Investors
Meritech Capital PartnersTako VenturesStarVest Partners
2016-07-28Acquired
2007-12-20IPO
2007-02-05Secondary Market· $17.87M

Leadership Team

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Brian Chess
SVP Technology and AI
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Eli Johnson
Vice President, Global Sales Productivity
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