Principal Software Development Engineer (OCI)

Oracle

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Work type
On-site
Location
Nashville, TNAustin, TX
Salary
$99,600–$234,600 / yr
Posted
7 days ago

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TL;DR · Principal Software Development Engineer (OCI)

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As a Principal Software Development Engineer at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) in Nashville, TN, you will join the OCI Limits Team to design and build highly scalable distributed services for managing service limits, quotas, and capacity governance across OCI’s global cloud platform. Your day-to-day responsibilities include leading technical architecture and design for major features, driving end-to-end execution from development through deployment, and collaborating with internal teams to deliver foundational cloud governance capabilities. You will write high-quality production code, mentor engineers, and ensure operational excellence by automating testing and monitoring workflows. The role requires expertise in Java, Go, Python, or similar languages, along with deep knowledge of distributed systems, REST APIs, and multi-tenant architectures. Ideal candidates have 10+ years of experience building large-scale cloud services on platforms like OCI, AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Skills

Java Go Python C++ AWS Azure GCP Oracle Cloud Infrastructure REST API Terraform CloudFormation Docker Kubernetes CI/CD PostgreSQL NoSQL Redis Elasticsearch Prometheus Grafana GitLab Jenkins

What you'll do

  • Design, build, and operate highly scalable distributed services for the OCI Limits platform.
  • Lead architecture and technical design for major features, services, and platform initiatives.
  • Improve service scalability, resiliency, observability, and operational excellence across the platform.
  • Write high-quality, maintainable, and performant production code.
  • Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership in system design and operational readiness.
  • Drive automation for testing, deployment, monitoring, and incident response workflows.
  • Proactively identify reliability risks, performance bottlenecks, and operational inefficiencies.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems and cloud services.
  • Strong programming skills in Java, Go, Python, C++, or similar modern languages.
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems, scalability, fault tolerance, and service-oriented architectures.
  • Hands-on experience with REST API design and multi-tenant service architectures.
  • Experience developing and operating highly available cloud-native services in production environments.
  • Familiarity with databases, NoSQL systems, storage technologies, and observability tools.

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