Lead Principal Applied Scientist

The computer vision team is responsible for growing our capabilities in image analysis and recognition. Our goal is to enable customers to apply computer vision to solve their particular business problems with our assistance and expertise. In this role, you will have an opportunity to work with teams of applied scientists and engineers to deliver high quality computer vision models and services that delights our customers with the confidence that their data are safe and protected. Your Opportunity We are seeking a visionary scientist to spearhead computer vision initiatives and lead the technical direction of the team. You will be responsible for driving the development and implementation of cutting-edge computer vision technologies, and working with a team of world-class scientists to explore new frontiers of computer vision to enable real-world solutions.
Responsibilities
Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a high-performing team of scientists.
Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams to integrate computer vision capabilities into various applications and products.
Innovation: Identify new opportunities for computer vision emerging technologies.
Technical Leadership: Provide technical direction and guidance to the team, and drive the development of the computer vision roadmap.
Qualifications and Experience:
PhD Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with a dissertation, thesis or final project centered in Computer Vision and Machine Learning) with 8+ years relevant experience is preferred but not a must; OR Masters or Bachelor’s in related field with 10+ years relevant experience
Strong publication record, including as a lead author or reviewer, in top-tier journals or conferences.
Extensive experience in computer vision, deep learning, and image processing
Proven track record of leading research and development projects
Strong understanding of machine learning algorithms and architectures
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
Strong leadership and communication abilities
If you are passionate about pushing the boundaries of computer vision and have a proven track record of success, we encourage you to apply.
Disclaimer:
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: $166,200 to $355,400 per annum. 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.
Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. 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.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. 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.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. 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.
As part of Oracle's onboarding process and consistent with applicable law, US-based employees are required to complete identity verification, which involves the collection and processing of their biometric information. Accommodations to this requirement may be granted following an individualized assessment.
Solution Development – Articulating Research Insights:
–Identifies meaningful insights from highly complex data and metadata sources from analysis and experiments.
–Interprets and communicates insights and findings throughout Oracle.
–Leads the creation of patents, white papers, or other technical documentation related to applied research outcomes.
Solution Delivery – Coding and Documentation:
–Evaluates and offers guidance on high-complexity code written by team and properly maintains and organizes existing codebase.
–Establishes best practices for version control, code review, and code delivery/deployment and guides less experienced team members.
–Builds, maintains, and reviews professional documentation for technical processes (experimentation, data collection and analyses, model building).
–Owns the repository for the team.
Solution Delivery:
–Guides technical teams to ensure the successful and timely delivery of solutions and integration of services.
–Ensures successful collaboration with software engineers and/or machine learning engineers to deploy solutions into production environments.
–Leads the peer review of solutions prior to delivery.
–Coordinates the delivery of solutions with applied science team members.
–Ensures delivered solutions successfully solve product and/or business problems.
–Guides the definition of operational and user feedback metrics and analyzes metrics to inform the technical strategy of the LOB.
–Facilitates partnerships with operational teams to evaluate and monitor solutions in production.
Building Research Capability – Research Excellence:
–Demonstrates expertise and thought leadership within Oracle in at least one business-critical applied research technology area.
–Leverages subject matter expertise to apply and guide others to apply domain knowledge and industry best practices to applied research.
Building Research Capability – Research Community Presence:
–Leads the publication, presentation, and review of research findings and papers in top-tier conferences, research and industry outlets, etc.
–Serves as a keynote speaker in conferences or panels.
–Participates in the scientific community by providing peer review and feedback.
–Establishes collaboration with external research labs in industry, where plausible, or academia.
Core Responsibilities
Planning & Execution:
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Skills
Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Onboarding, Documentation

Experience
10+ yrs