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: 33 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $175k

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TL;DR · Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

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As a Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure within the Data Core organization, you will serve as a technical leader focused on building and delivering a data service that forms the backbone of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. You will collaborate with architects to drive software design and development for major data-plane components while making deep architectural decisions for high-performance, large-scale distributed systems. Your daily work involves solving complex problems related to low-level systems, performance, and scalability to improve engineering efficiency across core cloud services. The role requires an expert capable of navigating complex system interactions and designing robust infrastructure. You will utilize your research and analytical capabilities to develop components that support multi-tenant services. This position addresses the technical challenge of creating high-performance data planes for mission-critical applications in a large-scale, distributed cloud environment.

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Skills

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Distributed Systems Data Plane Low-level Systems Agile Cloud Infrastructure System Tuning

What you'll do

Design and develop major data-plane components for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Solve complex problems related to high-performance, large-scale distributed systems.
Make deep architectural decisions for core infrastructure projects.
Build low-level systems that provide the backbone for cloud services.
Drive software design and development in collaboration with architects.
Optimize system performance through analysis and tuning of data-plane components.
Lead large-scale cloud projects to improve service availability, scalability, and efficiency.

What we're looking for

Applicants must be able to read, write, and speak English.
Candidates must have 3 to 5+ years of experience.
Experience in solving challenging systems, data-plane level, and performance problems is required.
Ability to dive deep into low-level systems is required.
Ability to design broad distributed system interactions for high performance and high scale data-planes is required.
Proven track record of success in leading large cloud scale projects is required.

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