Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Nashville, TN
Salary: $114,600–$234,600 / yr
Posted: 31 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

This role pays more than 60% of similar roles. Most pay $161,087–$208,800 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $175k versus about $185k 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 begin architecting components of scalable, elastic distributed systems. You will be responsible for defining scalability requirements, optimizing code and data paths for high-throughput, hyper-scale workloads, and leveraging data plane platforms for large-scale retrieval, storage, and processing. Your daily work involves designing fault-tolerant, in-service-upgradable systems using redundancy, replication, failover, and rate-limiting to manage network unreliability while meeting service level objectives. You will establish KPIs, build proactive monitoring dashboards, and design complex validation scenarios like fault injection. Additionally, you will implement robust security controls, maintain compliance documentation, and develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation for safe patching and rollbacks. This role focuses on solving critical infrastructure challenges involving distributed state management, data integrity, and high-availability requirements in multi-tenant environments.

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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, 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 rate-limiting to ensure reliability.
Establish KPIs and build custom dashboards and telemetry systems to proactively monitor system health.
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 in 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.
Experience is required in developing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools to manage cloud infrastructure.
Experience is required in implementing security controls, encryption, and compliance documentation for multi-tenant environments.
Candidates must be able to proactively diagnose, debug, and resolve production issues while mentoring peers.
Experience is required in designing telemetry systems, dashboards, and alerting mechanisms to monitor system health.

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