Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer

Oracle

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On-site
Location
Seattle, WASanta Clara, CA
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$114,600–$234,600 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday
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The Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer joins a software engineering division to design and develop backend services, distributed systems, and workflow orchestration capabilities for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. This hands-on role involves building production-grade cloud services that prioritize reliability, scalability, performance, and operational excellence. You will develop large-scale distributed systems with clear APIs, strong automation, and high availability while managing concurrency, state management, failure recovery, and latency. The position requires proficiency in modern programming languages such as Java and Python, along with expertise in system design, networking, data structures, and algorithms. You will utilize CI/CD tools and containerized services to improve observability and security. The work focuses on solving complex distributed systems problems and delivering scalable infrastructure for cloud-based provisioning and lifecycle management.

Skills

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Java Python Distributed Systems System Design CI/CD API Development Cloud Architecture Workflow Orchestration High Availability Observability Networking Concurrency Data Structures Algorithms

What you'll do

  • Design, implement, test, and operate production-grade cloud services.
  • Build large-scale distributed systems with clear APIs, strong automation, and high availability.
  • Develop highly scalable workflows for orchestration, automation, provisioning, and lifecycle management.
  • Improve service reliability, observability, performance, and security at cloud scale.
  • Troubleshoot complex production issues and drive long-term technical fixes.
  • Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and operational readiness reviews.
  • Mentor engineers and raise the engineering bar through thoughtful technical leadership.

What we're looking for

  • 6 to 10+ years of experience.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
  • Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as Java or Python.
  • Strong experience building backend services, large-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or workflow orchestration platforms.
  • Experience designing and operating systems that handle high volume, high availability, and complex failure scenarios.
  • Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, networking, and system design.
  • Experience designing APIs, service contracts, asynchronous workflows, and production-ready software components.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms, containerized services, CI/CD, observability, and operational practices.

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