Principal Software Developer

Oracle

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Remote Posted 9 days ago $99,600–$223,400 / year
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TL;DR

Oracle seeks a Principal Software Developer to join its cloud services team as an individual contributor, focusing on building and operating Kubernetes-based systems for managing thousands of clusters worldwide. This senior role involves designing, developing, testing, deploying, monitoring, and maintaining production cloud services in a "you build it, you run it" model. Key responsibilities include creating reliable distributed systems, crafting clear APIs, and ensuring operational excellence through automation and observability. Ideal candidates have extensive experience with Go, Scala, Java, Kubernetes, and cloud-native technologies like Temporal, Terraform, and Helm. They should also possess strong technical leadership skills, including setting direction, mentoring engineers, and driving complex projects from design to production. The team operates remotely across the US, India, and Europe, emphasizing asynchronous communication and robust documentation practices.

Skills

Kubernetes Go Scala Java OCI Temporal Terraform Helm CI/CD Docker PostgreSQL Python RabbitMQ Redis Prometheus Grafana GitLab AWS Azure

What you'll do

  • Design and develop production cloud services for Kubernetes-based capabilities.
  • Own technical requirements, architecture, implementation, and ongoing support of services.
  • Build reliable APIs, data models, and automation frameworks for large-scale operations.
  • Lead technical design discussions and mentor engineers on complex projects.
  • Improve code quality, reliability, scalability, security, and observability in production.

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years of software development experience with a focus on production services
  • Strong background in designing and operating distributed systems at scale
  • Experience building and maintaining highly available, secure cloud-native applications
  • Proficiency in Go, Scala, Java or similar languages for developing production services
  • Expertise in Kubernetes-based environments and cloud infrastructure (OCI preferred)
  • Ability to lead technical design discussions and mentor other engineers effectively
  • Strong written communication skills for clear documentation and asynchronous collaboration

Market check

Salary context

This $99,600–$223,400 range sits above 34% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$139,900–$221,100

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$154,250–$213,750

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Oracle

Oracle Corporation is a leading multinational technology company specializing in database software, cloud computing, and enterprise software.

Oracle currently has 251 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $97,500–$199,500 across 193 roles with salary data.

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