Engineering Architect, OCI Storage Innovation

Oracle

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On-site
Location
Nashville, TNSeattle, WASanta Clara, CA
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$169,800–$355,400 / yr
Posted
83 days ago
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TL;DR · Engineering Architect, OCI Storage Innovation

Engineering Architect, OCI Storage Innovation joins the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure team as an IC6 Software Engineer to shape the future of storage. You will design and build foundational services within the Core Storage, Metadata, or Web Service layers to support a global cloud platform. Daily responsibilities include developing highly scalable distributed systems, solving complex infrastructure problems regarding data movement and reliability, and performing architectural enhancements to improve platform efficiency. You will utilize proficiency in Java, C++, Go, or Rust to manage massive datasets across multiple regions while maintaining low latency. The role addresses the technical challenge of evolving storage architecture to meet the specific demands of AI and agentic workloads, ensuring high availability and performance for diverse distributed computing patterns.

What you'll do

  • Design and develop highly scalable distributed systems for Oracle Cloud Storage.
  • Build foundational services within the Core Storage, Metadata, or Web Service layers.
  • Solve complex infrastructure problems regarding data movement, scalability, reliability, and performance.
  • Design systems to manage massive datasets across multiple regions with low latency and high availability.
  • Improve platform efficiency through architectural enhancements, system refactoring, and operational simplification.
  • Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, technical design discussions, and architectural leadership.
  • Mentor engineers and contribute to the technical direction of the organization.
  • Develop storage infrastructure specifically optimized for AI and agentic workloads.

What we're looking for

  • Candidates must have at least 10 years of experience.
  • Extensive experience is required in designing and building large-scale distributed systems.
  • A strong infrastructure engineering background working close to the underlying technology stack is required.
  • Proficiency in Java, C++, Go, Rust, or similar systems programming languages is required.
  • Experience building highly available, fault-tolerant services at cloud scale is required.
  • Experience working in public cloud environments such as OCI, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud is required.
  • Knowledge of caching strategies, throttling, recovery mechanisms, and storage performance optimization is required.
  • A bachelor's degree is preferred (an advanced degree is also a plus).

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