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 individual contributor role focuses on building components that support high-throughput, hyper-scale workloads while ensuring system reliability through redundancy, replication, and failover mechanisms. The engineer will optimize data paths for large-scale retrieval and processing using data plane platforms while managing network unreliability via load-shedding, throttling, and rate-limiting. Key responsibilities include establishing telemetry, building proactive dashboards, and designing complex validation scenarios like fault injection to ensure correctness and durability. The role requires expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for automated cloud management and robust security controls for multi-tenant environments. The position addresses the technical challenge of maintaining high availability and performance for critical infrastructure while ensuring compliance and operational readiness through proactive troubleshooting and peer mentorship.

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Skills

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

What you'll do

Architect and develop scalable, elastic distributed systems using distributed state management tools.
Optimize code and data paths for high-throughput, hyper-scale workloads and large-scale data processing.
Design fault-tolerant systems featuring redundancy, replication, failover, and automated load-shedding mechanisms.
Establish KPIs, telemetry, and proactive monitoring dashboards to ensure system health and performance.
Conduct complex validation testing including fault injection and brownouts to ensure data integrity.
Proactively diagnose 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 scripts for cloud management and seamless updates.

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 the field.
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, and failover mechanisms is required.
Proficiency in implementing security controls, encryption, and compliance documentation is required.
Experience developing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation scripts for cloud infrastructure is required.
Ability to mentor peers and participate in the talent development pipeline through candidate interviews.

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