Hiring: Lead Principal Applied Scientist Company: Oracle Location: Santa Clara, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 11:23:11 Target Skills & Keywords : AI, Accessibility, Embedded Systems, Financial Planning, Fine-tuning, Machine Learning About the job Required Skills: •Partners with science, engineering, and product experts and leaders to establish processes for teams to identify and address strategic business and product needs related to the use of machine learning (ML) and/or artificial intelligence (AI). •Evaluates the literature and market to understand the difficulty and scope of problems. Leverages understanding and expertise to break down problems for others. •Sets science quality standards for the Line of Business (LOB), and leads the end-to-end execution of science strategy to address product and/or business problems. •Drives and plans the identification and prioritization of solutions based on the scientific process (e.g., including modeling approaches, evaluation techniques, data collections). •Identifies opportunities to apply delivered solutions across product and/or business problems. •Ensures research proofs-of-concept (POCs) or research experiments are designed to validate proposed solutions, gather robust supporting evidence, and assess the risks and rewards of solutions. Gains buy-in for applied research. •Leverages subject matter expertise to establish criteria used to select and prepare datasets for use in applied research. Provides expert review of datasets to ensure high quality data is being leveraged and addresses gaps in the data. •Leads the design and execution of research programs on new theories, tools, and methodologies to transfer and apply state-of-the-art technologies into products and services or make advancements in the field. Qualifications: •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: $158,300 - $355,400 per year. 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. •Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion •Short term disability and long term disability •Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts •Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits •401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match Compensation: •$158,300 - $355,400 / year •Competitive benefits and rewards package •May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!