Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Oracle

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On-site
Location
Seattle, WASanta Clara, CA
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$114,600–$234,600 / yr
Posted
40 days ago
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The Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure leads the development and architecture of scalable, elastic distributed systems. This role involves optimizing code and data paths for high-throughput, hyper-scale workloads while designing fault-tolerant, in-service-upgradable systems. Key responsibilities include establishing KPIs, building proactive telemetry dashboards, and designing complex validation processes like fault injection. The engineer must manage redundancy, replication, and load-shedding to handle network unreliability while meeting SLOs. Required technical skills include proficiency in C/C++, Python, Perl, or Bash, along with experience in multi-threaded embedded Linux applications. Candidates should possess knowledge of Network or Storage stacks such as P4, TCP/IP, NVMe, and DPDK. The work focuses on hardware and system bring-up, Linux Kernel/Driver programming, and virtualization technologies like SRIOV and VirtIO within a Cloud DevOps environment.

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Skills

C/C++ Python Perl Bash Linux TCP/IP NVMe PCIe DPDK P4 DOCA Firmware Virtualization SRIOV VirtIO VDPA CI/CD IaC Embedded Systems

What you'll do

  • Architect and lead the development of scalable, elastic distributed systems.
  • Optimize code and data paths for high-throughput, hyper-scale workloads.
  • Design fault-tolerant systems using redundancy, replication, failover, and load-shedding policies.
  • Establish KPIs and telemetry by building proactive dashboards and complex validation tests.
  • Diagnose and resolve production issues while ensuring operational readiness.
  • Implement security controls and develop IaC for automated patching and rollbacks.
  • Execute software development practices including scoping, specification, code review, and testing.

What we're looking for

  • Applicants must have 6 to 10+ years of experience.
  • Proficiency with C/C++ is required.
  • Scripting proficiency in a language such as Python, Perl, or Bash is required.
  • Hands-on experience developing multi-threaded embedded Linux application/infrastructure is required.
  • Experience in one or more Network or Storage stacks and protocols such as P4, DOCA, TCP/IP, NVMe, PCIe, or DPDK is required.
  • Firmware development skills and experience with embedded systems are required.
  • Knowledge of at least one of Intel/AMD/ARM computer architectures is required.
  • Hardware and/or System bring-up experience is required.

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