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 yesterday
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 within the product and research category, this individual contributor designs fault-tolerant components capable of handling hyper-scale workloads through redundancy, replication, and automatic failover. Day-to-day responsibilities include optimizing code and data paths, implementing load-shedding and rate-limiting to manage network unreliability, and establishing KPIs and telemetry for proactive monitoring. The role requires building complex validation scenarios like fault injection and brownouts to ensure correctness and durability. Key technical skills include developing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for cloud automation, implementing encryption and access controls for multi-tenant security, and managing data replication. This position solves critical problems regarding high-throughput data retrieval, storage, and processing while maintaining strict service level objectives.

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Skills

Distributed Systems Infrastructure as Code (IaC) System Design Cloud Infrastructure Telemetry KPIs Fault Injection Data Replication Load Testing rate‑limiting Throttling Encryption Access Controls Change Management Monitoring Dashboards Alerting

What you'll do

Architect and lead the development of scalable, elastic distributed systems to meet high-throughput requirements.
Optimize code and data paths for hyper-scale workloads using data plane platforms for retrieval and storage.
Design fault-tolerant systems using redundancy, replication, failover, and rate-limiting to meet SLOs.
Establish KPIs and telemetry by building proactive dashboards and complex validation tests like fault injection.
Diagnose and resolve production issues while providing guidance during incident response and root cause investigations.
Implement security controls, encryption, and access management while maintaining cloud compliance documentation.
Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation for patching, updates, and system rollbacks.

What we're looking for

Applicants must be able to read, write, and speak English.
Experience of 3 to 5+ years is required.
Experience architecting and developing scalable, elastic distributed systems is required.
Experience optimizing code and data paths for high-throughput, hyper-scale workloads is required.
Experience designing fault-tolerant systems using redundancy, replication, and failover mechanisms is required.
Experience implementing security controls, encryption, and access controls in multi-tenant environments is required.
Experience developing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools for cloud infrastructure is required.
Experience mentoring junior team members and providing technical oversight is required.