Summary
Marcus Lowe is a Principal Software Engineer at Oracle, based in Santa Monica, with eight years of experience delivering scalable data platforms and cloud-native infrastructure. He currently leads the central control plane for BI and ML, steering a service migration to OCI-native and bridging data engineering with cloud architecture. Marcus started in physics, earning an MS in Software Engineering and a BS in Physics with a computational emphasis, and he repeatedly applies rigorous, analytical thinking to complex distributed systems. His earlier roles span InsightSquared and SimpliSafe, where he built full-stack solutions using Python, Django, React, and large-scale data pipelines (1-2M daily requests) along with caching strategies and containerized Lambda workloads. He has hands-on experience with REST APIs, data ingestion, and multi-database ecosystems (Redshift, DynamoDB), and is known for driving automation and reliability across teams. A lifelong learner who has contributed to both research and production systems, he combines technical depth with a pragmatic, service-oriented mindset.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
English