About Oracle Utilities

At Oracle Utilities, we’re applying cutting-edge computer science to one of humanity’s greatest challenges: Energy. We utilize the power of big data to revolutionize the way customers interact with their utility’s representatives.  Our tools deliver deep, personalized energy insights to end customers and help them be more energy efficient. We believe that by engaging customers about their energy use we can improve their relationship with their utility, help them save money on their energy bill, and reduce energy consumption around the world.

 

About the team (Oracle Utilities Innovation Lab)

Oracle Industries Innovation Lab (Oracle IIL) is a hands-on space that allows Oracle Utilities, Oracle Construction and Engineering, and Oracle Communications to inspire, collaborate, innovate, and explore new ideas with customers. Our team works on utility related solutions in this lab. This involves working closely with product & delivery teams to bring new concepts, prototypes & ideas to life and co-innovating with our partners & customers.

We’re a small team with large and high-profile responsibilities. We are passionate about trying out new ideas, tinkering with new products and solutions, and taking on new challenges. We love showing off our work to our existing and prospective clients. You can watch some of our work here.

 

About the job

We are seeking an experienced software engineer that has a perfect blend of deep hands-on technical experience and trouble shooting skills along with architect style strategic vision to lead a matrixed team through a complex project. Ideal candidate will have a strong appetite to learn new technology, eagerness to tinker with new tools, a curious mind to troubleshoot and fix things that are broken, and ability to foster collaboration across remote teams.

 

About you

If you identify with the qualities we’ve described here, we’d love to speak with you.

• You are a true engineer who likes to build things. You are passionate about mesh ups and think about creating a whole that’s more than sum of its parts.
•  You are not a single stack developer; you view tech stacks as tools that enable you to solve the problem at hand.
• You are a leader that conceptualizes a solution, breaks it up into smaller chunks and leads multiple remote matrixed teams to implement it. Your team looks to you as a go-to person for technical guidance.
• You welcome the opportunity that arises from working on the cutting edge of technology. You are not disheartened by failure, but relish developing of innovative solutions to address them.
• You wear multiple hats: dev-ops, scrum master, customer and partner liaison in addition to being and hands-on software engineer and a lead architect supporting technology innovation
• You research, prototype and internally sell the enterprise, operational and system technologies beneficial in meeting near term and future customer requirements.

 

Our tech stack:

• Programming languages: Java, Python, C++, JavaScript, etc.
• Front end technology: Node, Oracle Jet, Visual Builder Cloud Service etc.
• AR/VR, Gaming & Simulations:  Unity, Stencyl & HoloLens etc.
• Digital Assistants:  ODA, Google & Alexa skills
• Middleware: Oracle Integration Cloud & Java cloud service
• Web Services: both Rest & SOAP including XML manipulation toolks like XPATH, XQuery, XSLT etc.
• Databases:  Oracle of course J
• Microcontrollers for physical models: Arduino & Raspberry PI 
• Oracle IoT cloud for simulations & digital twins
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for hosting
• Unix scripting for automation
• Full set of Oracle Utility applications

What you’ll make happen: 

• Get up to speed on Oracle Utilities products, across all solution areas Customer, Asset & Operations technology.
• Establish relationships with product management, engineering, support, presales and marketing teams.
• Learn a new toolset, language, product and integrate it into a new or an existing solution.
• Troubleshoot and collaborate with support and engineering teams to resolve issues.
• Lead high-visibility hands-on projects from concept through delivery.
• Be accountable and responsible for leading the project to completion by wearing multiple hats.
• Work closely with enablement teams to train presales on any new demos created.

You have a track record of: 

• Engineering solutions using full stack – front to back, small micro controllers to large enterprise systems.
• Working with highly configurable software toolkits and designing features to allow just the right amount of flexibility for our clients and consultants.
• Playing different roles based on the project needs from hands-on developer to a support engineer or a scrum master.
• Working with distributed remote teams both internal engineering and external partner/client teams.

Detailed Description and Job Requirements

Analyze, design, develop, troubleshoot and debug software programs for commercial or end user applications. Write code, performs testing and debugging of applications.

As a member of the software engineering division, you will analyze and integrate external customer specifications. Specify, design and implement modest changes to existing software architecture. Build new products and development tools. Build and execute unit tests and unit test plans.

 

As a part of the innovation team, you will collaborate with multiple product and engineering teams, both with in utilities & larger Oracle. You will collaborate closely with partners and customers.  You will also be help train  sales & presales on demos, and with marketing teams on internal and external sales collateral.

Work is non-routine and very complex, involving the application of advanced technical and business skills in the utility space. You will contributor individually, and as a team member, providing direction and mentoring to others. BS or MS degree, or equivalent experience. At least 7 years of software engineering or related experience required.
 

Design, develop, troubleshoot and debug software programs for databases, applications, tools, networks etc.

As a member of the software engineering division, you will take an active role in the definition and evolution of standard practices and procedures. You will be responsible for defining and developing software for tasks associated with the developing, designing and debugging of software applications or operating systems.

Work is non-routine and very complex, involving the application of advanced technical/business skills in area of specialization. Leading contributor individually and as a team member, providing direction and mentoring to others. BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. 7 years of software engineering or related experience.

As part of Oracle's employment process candidates will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment screening process. This will involve identity and employment verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable).