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: 27 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, 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, leveraging data plane platforms for large-scale retrieval, storage, and processing. Your daily work involves designing fault-tolerant components with redundancy, replication, and failover mechanisms to handle network unreliability through load-shedding and rate-limiting. You will establish KPIs, build proactive telemetry dashboards, and design complex validation scenarios like fault injection to ensure system correctness and durability. Additionally, you will implement robust security controls in multi-tenant environments, manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for automated deployments, and mentor peers while ensuring operational readiness. This role solves critical challenges regarding data integrity, availability, and infrastructure compliance within large-scale distributed computing environments.

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Skills

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

What you'll do

Architect and develop scalable, elastic distributed systems that support high-throughput, 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 data integrity and correctness.
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.
Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools to manage cloud infrastructure and deployment cycles.

What we're looking for

Applicants must be able to read, write, and speak English.
Candidates must have 3 to 5+ 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.
Ability to develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation scripts for cloud infrastructure management is required.
Proficiency in implementing security controls, encryption, and compliance documentation is required.
Experience in proactive troubleshooting, incident management, and mentoring peers is required.
Ability to manage complex projects, coordinate tasks, and collaborate across the organization is required.