Principal Software Engineer - OCI Planning & Capacity

Oracle

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Work type
On-site
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$99,600–$234,600 / yr
Posted
24 days ago

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Below market

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This role $167k
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TL;DR · Principal Software Engineer - OCI Planning & Capacity

As a Principal Software Engineer at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) in Seattle, you will join the Infrastructure Planning and Capacity Management team as an individual contributor to design and develop scalable cloud services and distributed systems that power infrastructure planning and capacity management globally. Your day-to-day responsibilities include building backend services, APIs, workflow engines, and automation platforms, while also developing data pipelines for improved forecasting accuracy and operational visibility. You will work closely with product managers, TPMs, and various business stakeholders to deliver technical solutions, ensuring operational excellence through monitoring and reliability improvements. The ideal candidate has expertise in Java, Python, Go, or similar languages, experience with cloud-native applications, and a strong background in software engineering fundamentals, including system design and modern development practices like CI/CD and observability. This role involves contributing to large-scale enterprise systems and requires familiarity with Kubernetes, microservices, and data warehousing technologies.

What you'll do

  • Design and develop cloud-native services for OCI infrastructure planning and capacity management.
  • Build scalable backend services, APIs, and automation platforms to support critical operational processes.
  • Develop distributed systems capable of processing large-scale datasets related to infrastructure and operations.
  • Contribute to system architecture reviews and drive engineering best practices within the team.
  • Create data ingestion pipelines and analytics solutions to enhance forecasting accuracy and operational visibility.
  • Identify and implement software solutions to simplify workflows and improve operational efficiency.

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of professional software development experience
  • Strong programming skills in Java, Python, Go, C#, or similar languages
  • Experience designing and building cloud-native services and APIs
  • Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, and system design
  • Familiarity with modern development practices including CI/CD, automated testing, source control, and observability
  • Experience working with relational and/or distributed databases
  • Experience developing scalable backend services and automation platforms

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