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: 16 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Principal Engineer, Core Infrastructure

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Principal Engineer, Core Infrastructure joins the Technical Strategy & Oversight team to build foundational systems for OCI’s most demanding services. This role focuses on the Autonomous OCI initiative, a greenfield project creating a cloud platform designed to be self-healing and resilient by default. You will specifically shape Lightweight Infrastructure (LWI), the next-generation runtime and platform layer for compute, storage, networking, identity, observability, and governance. Day-to-day responsibilities include architecting scalable distributed systems, optimizing data paths for high-throughput workloads, and designing fault-tolerant components using replication and failover mechanisms. You will manage infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation while ensuring security compliance. The role requires expertise in Java, Go, Rust, or C/C++, alongside deep knowledge of distributed systems, kernel programming, network infrastructure, load balancing, and software-defined networking to solve complex scalability and reliability challenges.

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Skills

Distributed Systems Java Go Rust C/C++ Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Cloud Infrastructure Networking Software Defined Networking Kernel Programming Load Balancing Telemetry

What you'll do

Architect and develop scalable distributed systems that support horizontal and vertical scaling using distributed state management tools.
Optimize code and data paths for high-throughput, hyper-scale workloads and large-scale data processing.
Design fault-tolerant components featuring redundancy, replication, and automatic failover to ensure service availability during updates.
Implement mechanisms for handling network unreliability, including load-shedding, throttling, and rate-limiting.
Establish telemetry, KPIs, and automated alerting systems to proactively monitor system health and performance.
Design complex validation scenarios such as fault injection and brownouts to ensure data integrity and correctness.
Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools to manage cloud infrastructure and streamline deployment processes.
Resolve production issues through proactive debugging while mentoring peers on incident response and root cause analysis.

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.
Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Go, Rust, C/C++, or similar systems and backend languages.
Deep expertise in core infrastructure areas including distributed systems, cloud control planes, networking, storage, and virtualization.
Ability to 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.
Proven ability to debug and resolve complex production and performance issues.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automated deployment processes.

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