Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Nashville, TN
Salary: $114,600–$234,600 / yr
Posted: 27 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Similar $180k

This role $175k

$100k most similar roles pay here $249k

This role pays more than 56% of similar roles. Most pay $144,350–$216,300 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $175k versus about $180k for comparable roles.

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TL;DR · Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

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As a Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure, you will lead the development and architecture of scalable, elastic distributed systems designed for high-throughput, hyper-scale workloads. You will be responsible for optimizing code and data paths, ensuring system reliability through redundancy, replication, and failover mechanisms while managing network unreliability via load-shedding and rate-limiting. Your daily work involves designing complex validation scenarios like fault injection, establishing telemetry and KPIs, and building proactive monitoring dashboards. You will also implement robust security controls, manage compliance documentation, and develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate cloud infrastructure updates. This role focuses on solving critical problems in data retrieval, storage, and processing within multi-tenant environments, ensuring high availability and durability while mentoring peers and overseeing the technical execution of complex, large-scale distributed system components.

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Skills

Distributed Systems System Design Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Data Processing Telemetry Monitoring Alerting Fault Injection rate‑limiting Encryption Cloud Infrastructure Scalability Automation

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 systems featuring redundancy, replication, failover mechanisms, and load-shedding to ensure service level objectives.
Establish telemetry, KPIs, and automated alerting systems to proactively monitor system health and performance.
Develop complex validation tests including fault injection and brownouts to ensure data integrity and system correctness.
Proactively diagnose and resolve production issues while mentoring peers on troubleshooting and incident response.
Implement robust security controls, encryption, and compliance documentation for multi-tenant environments.
Create Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools to manage cloud infrastructure and streamline change management.

What we're looking for

Ability to read, write, and speak English.
Experience architecting and developing scalable, elastic distributed systems.
Expertise in optimizing code and data paths for high-throughput, hyper-scale workloads.
Skill in designing fault-tolerant systems using redundancy, replication, failover, and rate-limiting.
Ability to establish KPIs, telemetry, and proactive monitoring dashboards/alerts.
Proficiency in implementing robust security controls and maintaining compliance documentation.
Experience developing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation for cloud infrastructure management.
Ability to mentor peers and provide technical oversight on complex projects.

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