Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Nashville, TN
Salary: $114,600–$234,600 / yr
Posted: 43 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

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The Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure will join the team to lead the design and evolution of foundational distributed systems for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. This role involves building highly scalable, elastic, and fault-tolerant services for high-volume data retrieval, storage, and processing. You will optimize high-throughput data paths, manage distributed state, and establish service-level objectives and telemetry. The position requires proficiency in object-oriented or systems programming languages such as Java, C++, C#, or Go. Key responsibilities include designing for network partitions, implementing Infrastructure as Code, and managing security controls for multi-tenant cloud infrastructure. You will solve complex technical problems regarding reliability, correctness, and operational readiness for data-plane services, ensuring the infrastructure supports seamless in-service updates and robust recovery-oriented designs.

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Skills

Distributed Systems Oracle Cloud Infrastructure AWS Azure Google Cloud Java C++ C# Go Infrastructure as Code Microservices Networking Data Structures Algorithms

What you'll do

Lead the design and evolution of core distributed systems and data-plane services at hyperscale.
Define scalability, durability, and availability requirements for owned components and infrastructure.
Optimize high-throughput data paths for large-scale retrieval, storage, and processing using replication patterns.
Design fault-tolerant systems that support in-service updates through redundancy and automatic failover.
Implement distributed system controls such as load shedding, throttling, rate limiting, and retries.
Establish service-level objectives, telemetry, and proactive alerting for critical infrastructure.
Lead performance, load, and fault-injection testing to validate system resilience and readiness.
Manage production incident diagnosis, root-cause analysis, and Infrastructure as Code automation.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
7+ years of professional software-engineering experience with impact on large-scale distributed systems or cloud infrastructure.
Proficiency in one or more object-oriented or systems programming languages such as Java, C++, C#, or Go.
Deep understanding of distributed-systems design, data structures, algorithms, operating systems, networking, and secure software development.
Experience with system-level test automation, performance/load testing, reliability engineering, and production incident response.
Demonstrated experience leading technical architecture and mentoring engineers.
Experience with Oracle Cloud, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or other large-scale cloud platforms (preferred).
Experience with data-plane platforms, distributed storage, microservices, replication, state management, or high-throughput data processing (preferred).

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