Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Reston, VA
Salary: $114,600–$234,600 / yr
Posted: 4 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 Cloud Performance Organization to address service inefficiencies, reduce cloud expenses, and improve customer experience through performance engineering. This role involves designing and building new cloud services from the ground up while leading the architecture of scalable, elastic distributed systems for high-throughput, hyperscale workloads. The engineer will develop fault-tolerant, highly available systems featuring robust observability, replication, and resilience mechanisms to meet specific SLOs. Key responsibilities include managing data-plane platforms, implementing infrastructure as code (IaC) for automation, and ensuring security through encryption and access controls in multi-tenant environments. The candidate must possess expertise in production troubleshooting, incident response, and root cause analysis while mentoring junior engineers. This role focuses on the technical challenge of optimizing critical components and internal tools within a high-growth cloud infrastructure environment.

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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Distributed Systems Security Encryption Telemetry

What you'll do

Lead the architecture and development of scalable, distributed systems for high-throughput, hyperscale workloads.
Design fault-tolerant, highly available systems using redundancy, replication, failover, and load shedding.
Establish SLOs, KPIs, telemetry, and dashboards to ensure system reliability and performance.
Conduct performance, load, fault-injection, and brownout testing to ensure service correctness.
Diagnose production issues and lead incident response and root cause analysis efforts.
Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) and automation for safe patching, updates, and rollbacks.
Execute security measures including encryption and access controls for multi-tenant environments.
Mentor junior engineers in troubleshooting, operational practices, and technical skill development.

What we're looking for

Must be able to read, write, and speak English.
6 to 10+ years of experience in software engineering or related fields.
Experience designing and architecting scalable, elastic distributed systems for high-throughput workloads.
Experience designing fault-tolerant, highly available systems with robust observability and replication mechanisms.
Proficiency in implementing security, compliance, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automation.
Ability to lead incident response, root cause analysis, and production troubleshooting.
Ability to mentor junior engineers and provide technical oversight for complex initiatives.