Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Santa Clara, CASeattle, WA
Salary: $114,600–$234,600 / yr
Posted: 13 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Similar $185k

This role $175k

$100k most similar roles pay here $249k

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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 begin architecting components for scalable, elastic distributed systems. You will be responsible for designing fault-tolerant, in-service-upgradable systems using redundancy, replication, and failover mechanisms while managing network unreliability through load-shedding, throttling, and rate-limiting. Your daily work involves optimizing code and data paths for high-throughput, hyper-scale workloads, establishing KPIs and telemetry, and building proactive dashboards and alerts. You will also manage infrastructure as code (IaC) to automate updates and ensure compliance in multi-tenant environments. The role requires expertise in distributed state management tools, data plane platforms for large-scale retrieval, and complex validation techniques like fault injection. This position solves critical problems regarding system reliability, scalability, and operational readiness within high-demand core infrastructure environments.

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Skills

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

What you'll do

Architect and develop scalable, elastic distributed systems that support high-throughput and hyper-scale workloads.
Optimize code and data paths for large-scale retrieval, storage, and processing using data plane platforms.
Design fault-tolerant systems featuring redundancy, replication, failover, and automated load-shedding to meet SLOs.
Establish KPIs and build custom dashboards and telemetry systems to proactively monitor system health.
Create complex validation scenarios, including fault injection and brownouts, to ensure system correctness and durability.
Proactively diagnose and resolve production issues while mentoring peers in incident response and root cause analysis.
Implement robust security controls, encryption, and access management for multi-tenant environments.
Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation scripts to manage cloud infrastructure and streamline deployment processes.

What we're looking for

Applicants must be able to read, write, and speak English.
Candidates must have 6 to 10+ years of experience in software engineering or related fields.
Experience is required in designing and architecting scalable, elastic distributed systems for high-throughput workloads.
Experience is required in implementing fault-tolerant systems using redundancy, replication, and failover mechanisms.
Experience is required in developing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation scripts to manage cloud infrastructure.
Candidates must be able to design complex validation scenarios including fault injection and brownouts.
Experience is required in implementing security controls, encryption, and compliance documentation for multi-tenant environments.
Ability to mentor peers and provide technical oversight on project timelines and deliverables is required.

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