Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Nashville, TN
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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Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure joins the team to lead the development and architecture of scalable, elastic distributed systems. This role focuses on building high-throughput, hyper-scale components while optimizing code and data paths for large-scale retrieval, storage, and processing. The engineer will design fault-tolerant systems featuring redundancy, replication, failover, and mechanisms like load-shedding, throttling, and rate-limiting to manage network unreliability. Key responsibilities include establishing KPIs, building telemetry dashboards, performing complex validation through fault injection, and ensuring data integrity via synchronization techniques. The role requires expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for automation, robust security controls for multi-tenant environments, and proactive production troubleshooting. This position addresses the technical challenges of maintaining high availability and durability while managing infrastructure compliance and automated deployment workflows within a complex distributed environment.

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Skills

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

What you'll do

Architect and develop scalable, distributed systems that support high-throughput, hyper-scale workloads.
Design fault-tolerant components using redundancy, replication, and automated failover mechanisms.
Implement traffic management strategies including load-shedding, throttling, and rate-limiting to handle network unreliability.
Establish telemetry, KPIs, and proactive monitoring dashboards to ensure system health and performance.
Conduct complex validation testing such as fault injection and brownouts to ensure data integrity.
Proactively diagnose, debug, and resolve production issues while mentoring peers in incident response.
Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools for cloud management and seamless updates.
Implement robust security controls and maintain compliance documentation for multi-tenant environments.

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.
Proficiency in implementing fault-tolerant systems using redundancy, replication, failover, and rate-limiting is required.
Ability to develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools for cloud infrastructure management is required.
Experience in developing telemetry, dashboards, and proactive alerting mechanisms for system monitoring is required.
Skills in implementing security controls, encryption, and compliance documentation are required.
Experience in mentoring peers and participating in the candidate interview process is required.