Oracle Principal Software Engineer reviews

3.4

53% would recommend to a friend

(744 total reviews)

Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia

36% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Principal Software Engineer employees have rated Oracle with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 744 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Oracle is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Principal Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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744 reviews
3.0
May 18, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great place to be if you want to work on cutting-edge AI. Oracle has evolved from a Database company into Cloud and AI infrastructure. You have the opportunity to gain hands on experience with lots of different native AI services, If you are looking to build a resume with enterprise scale Cloud and AI experience, this is the place to do it, especially for new grad.

Cons

The management style is heavily top-down, meaning direction and decisions are passed down from leadership with minimal collaboration or room for feedback from the execution teams. The organization and team sizes are massive, individual ownership is highly diluted, making it difficult to feel a sense of autonomy or see the direct impact of your work. Furthermore, there is often a lack of a clear, stable goal, as priorities shift frequently without a transparent roadmap.

2.0
May 4, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It is big tech. Usual perks from big corporations: Passport discounts, Linked-in learning and some other online learning opportunities, including OCI University (duh!). Health is through UHC - quite subpar. A lot of providers don't like working with them. Some groups allow 100% remote work! Co-workers are amazingly hardworking people

Cons

The don't adjust salaries (beware!) The pay is well below market Layoffs are constant, but usually not advertised. Executives prefer invest on AI infrastructure than actual people

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