Developer Advocate

Job Description

What you'll do

Build, test, and release developer assets that accelerate experimentation : Spring Boot / Helidon services, service registry, API gateways, observability, Kubernetes.

Create sample apps and hands-on labs covering document processing, chunking, embeddings, vector search, semantic search, RAG, agents, evaluation, prompt engineering, history management, re-ranking, grounding, and model tuning.

Contribute to and influence frameworks like Spring Boot, Spring AI, LangChain, and LangGraph.

Partner with Product Management and sales to engage developers, architects, CTOs, and CIOs - turn feedback into roadmap inputs and unblock adoption.

Deliver compelling demos, talks, and content that showcase 26ai (AI Vector Search, generative / inference models, embedding models) and the surrounding

Responsibilities

What you'll bring

Must-haves

Master's in Computer Science or related field.

10+ years of professional software development (not all in AI).

Strong engineering fundamentals; passion for quality, maintainability, clarity, and delivery.

Deep experience in Java or Python (ideally both).

Hands-on knowledge of running containerized workloads in Kubernetes, including Helm chart creation.

3+ years building microservices with Spring Boot. Experience with Spring Cloud, Eureka, Authorization Server, OpenTelemetry, advantageous.

1+ year building Generative AI apps (LLMs, RAG, agents, evaluation).

Excellent communication and project management skills (in English); you turn complex tech into clear, actionable guidance.

Curiosity, empathy, and a collaborative, customer-first mindset.

Nice-to-haves

Experience with Spring AI.

AI / ML experience (training, fine-tuning, neural nets, data science) and tools like NumPy, Pandas, or PyTorch.

Experience with Helidon, API gateways, service registries, and observability stacks.

Open-source contributions, public speaking, or community leadership.

How you'll work

Collaborate across product, engineering, and field teams to accelerate developer success.

Balance depth and velocity : prototype quickly, validate with customers, and scale what works.

Advocate for security, reliability, and measurable outcomes.

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 : $68,500 to $158,200 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

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 - IC2

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