Principal Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Seattle, WASan Francisco, CA
Salary: $114,600–$234,600 / yr
Posted: 62 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Principal Engineer, Core Infrastructure

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The Principal Engineer, Core Infrastructure joins the Technical Strategy & Oversight organization to build foundational systems for OCI. This role focuses on the Autonomous OCI initiative, a greenfield project creating a cloud platform designed to operate and scale with minimal manual intervention. You will help shape Lightweight Infrastructure, the next-generation runtime and platform layer for compute, storage, networking, identity, observability, and governance. Responsibilities include architecting scalable distributed systems, optimizing data paths for hyper-scale workloads, and designing fault-tolerant components with redundancy and replication. You will utilize Java, Go, Rust, or C/C++ to solve complex problems in distributed systems, cloud control planes, and virtualization. Key tasks involve implementing Infrastructure as Code, managing concurrency, and ensuring system reliability through proactive monitoring, telemetry, and automated failover mechanisms.

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Skills

Distributed Systems Java Go Rust C/C++ Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Cloud Infrastructure Kernel Programming System Programming

What you'll do

Architect and lead the development of scalable, elastic distributed systems for core infrastructure.
Optimize code and data paths to support high-throughput, hyper-scale workloads and large-scale data processing.
Design fault-tolerant systems using redundancy, replication, and automated failover mechanisms to ensure high availability.
Implement network reliability strategies including load-shedding, throttling, and rate-limiting to meet service level objectives.
Build telemetry systems, dashboards, and alerting mechanisms to proactively monitor system health and performance.
Design complex validation scenarios such as fault injection and brownouts to ensure system correctness and durability.
Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools for seamless patching, updates, and rollbacks.
Implement robust security controls and remediation plans to protect multi-tenant environments and maintain compliance.

What we're looking for

BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
6–10+ years of software engineering experience building highly available, scalable distributed systems or cloud infrastructure.
Strong programming skills in Java, Go, Rust, C/C++, or similar systems or backend languages.
Deep experience in core infrastructure areas such as distributed systems, cloud control planes, networking, security, or platform automation.
Ability to independently lead the design and delivery of complex, resilient, and observable services.
Strong understanding of failure handling, concurrency, asynchronous workflows, and lifecycle management in distributed systems.
Proficiency in kernel programming and system programming.
Proven ability to mentor peers and raise the technical bar through design and code reviews.

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