Oracle · 8 hours ago
PhD Software Engineer Intern - Database Technologies
Oracle is the world’s leading provider of business software. They are hiring students with a diverse set of skills and experiences to work in and across teams, focusing on database technologies that power the modern economy.
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Responsibilities
The Database Engineering Team is responsible for full stack development of a family of databases including Oracle NoSQL Database, Oracle Times-Ten In-Memory Database, and the industry-leading Oracle Database itself
This is a systems-focused group that works on areas such as distributed databases, substantial scalability, high availability, security, analytics, data warehousing, automatic parallelization, networking, replication, distributed caching, transaction engines, data engines, SQL execution, query optimization, and language design
The team develops in-database machine-learning and AI algorithms both to help our customers improve their business, and to make our own products autonomous
In addition, this group is also responsible for working on Oracle Engineered Systems which provide utmost performance and availability using technologies such as Persistent Memory and RDMA
Qualification
Required
Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent science/engineering field AND returning to the program after completion of the internship
Are strongly proficient (i.e., able to complete coding projects with no assistance) in the following programming languages: C, C++ and Java
Have the ability to implement sophisticated algorithms and data structures in very complex systems with the highest quality
Have completed academic/professional/personal projects and or research in two or more of the following Systems Programming related areas: Computer Architecture / Software Architecture, Distributed Systems, Database Systems / Database Internals (Storage Engine), Multithreaded/Multicore programming/Concurrent programming, Parallel Programming, Operating Systems Concepts, AI, ML
Reside in the United States and/or attend a university in the US
Preferred
Minimum 3.0 GPA
Benefits
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
Company
Oracle
Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$25.75BKey Investors
HSBC,JPMorgan Chase & Co.Sequoia Capital
2025-09-24Post Ipo Debt· $18B
2025-02-03Post Ipo Debt· $7.75B
1986-03-12IPO
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