Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Santa Clara, CASeattle, WA
Salary: $114,600–$234,600 / yr
Posted: 27 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
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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As a Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure, you will lead the development and architecture of scalable, elastic distributed systems designed for high-throughput, hyper-scale workloads. You will be responsible for optimizing data paths, designing fault-tolerant components with redundancy and replication, and implementing mechanisms like load-shedding and rate-limiting to manage network unreliability while meeting strict service level objectives. Your daily work involves building telemetry systems, creating proactive dashboards, and performing complex validation through fault injection and brownout testing. You will also manage infrastructure as code (IaC) for automated patching and rollbacks while ensuring robust security controls in multi-tenant environments. The role focuses on solving critical reliability and scalability challenges within core infrastructure, requiring expertise in distributed state management, data plane platforms, and proactive incident management to ensure continuous availability and system correctness.

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Skills

Distributed Systems Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Cloud Infrastructure Data Processing System Design 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 to ensure system performance meets defined scalability requirements and SLOs.
Design fault-tolerant components using redundancy, replication, failover mechanisms, and rate-limiting to handle network unreliability.
Establish telemetry, KPIs, and automated dashboards to proactively monitor system health and identify gaps.
Execute complex validation testing including fault injection and brownouts to ensure data integrity and correctness.
Proactively diagnose, debug, and resolve production issues while mentoring peers on 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.
Proficiency in developing fault-tolerant systems using redundancy, replication, and failover mechanisms is required.
Skills in implementing infrastructure as code (IaC) and automation for cloud management are required.
Ability to design and implement security controls, encryption, and compliance documentation is required.
Experience in proactive troubleshooting, incident management, and mentoring peers is required.
Ability to manage complex tasks, coordinate projects, and collaborate across organizational teams is required.

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