Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Nashville, TN
Salary: $114,600–$234,600 / yr
Posted: 73 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 leads the development and architecture of scalable, elastic distributed systems. Working as an individual contributor, you will design components for high-throughput, hyper-scale workloads while optimizing code and data paths. Your daily responsibilities include building fault-tolerant systems using 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. Key technical skills include Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, and implementing robust security controls like encryption and access management in multi-tenant environments. You will solve complex problems regarding data retrieval, storage, and processing while ensuring operational readiness, maintaining compliance documentation, and mentoring peers to ensure system correctness and durability.

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Median $197400 from 2576 postings across 150 companies.

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Skills

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

What you'll do

Architect and develop scalable, elastic distributed systems that support high-throughput and hyper-scale workloads.
Design fault-tolerant systems using redundancy, replication, failover mechanisms, and load-shedding techniques to ensure reliability.
Establish KPIs, telemetry, and automated alerting systems to monitor system health and performance.
Design complex validation scenarios including fault injection and brownouts to ensure data integrity and correctness.
Proactively diagnose, debug, and resolve production issues while mentoring peers on troubleshooting processes.
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 architecting and developing scalable, elastic distributed systems.
Skills in optimizing code and data paths for high-throughput, hyper-scale workloads are required.
Ability to design fault-tolerant systems using redundancy, replication, failover, and rate-limiting is required.
Proficiency in establishing KPIs, telemetry, and building proactive monitoring dashboards and alerts is required.
Experience implementing robust security controls and maintaining compliance documentation for cloud infrastructure is required.
Ability to develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation scripts for system management is required.