Principal Software Engineer

Oracle

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Work type
On-site
Location
Austin, TXNashville, TN
Salary
$99,600–$234,600 / yr
Posted
13 days ago

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Below market

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This role $167k
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As a Principal Software Engineer on the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Multi-cloud team in Nashville, TN, you will lead the design, development, deployment, and operation of Java-based cloud services, RESTful APIs, and containerized workloads running on Kubernetes. You will collaborate with engineers across OCI, Oracle, and external partner teams to deliver reliable integration platforms and automation capabilities, owning complex features from architecture through production readiness. Your responsibilities include using AI-assisted tools like Codex and GitHub Copilot to enhance productivity and code quality, mentoring junior engineers, and participating in an on-call rotation for incident response. The role requires deep experience with Java or similar languages, Kubernetes, Docker, RESTful APIs, and cloud infrastructure, as well as a strong foundation in computer science fundamentals and operational excellence.

Skills

Java Python Go Docker Kubernetes CI/CD RESTful APIs Linux Cloud Infrastructure Identity Management Networking Security Multi-cloud AI-Assisted Development Tools Codex GitHub Copilot Observability Metrics Logging Tracing Alerting

What you'll do

  • Lead design, development, deployment, and operation of Java-based cloud services and RESTful APIs.
  • Own complex features from architecture through production, ensuring reliability, scalability, security, and supportability.
  • Use AI-assisted tools to enhance engineering productivity, code quality, testing, and troubleshooting.
  • Mentor engineers through reviews, debugging, operational readiness, and production support.
  • Participate in on-call rotations for incident response and service reliability improvement.
  • Guide technical direction and promote reusable AI skills that improve team execution.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years experience designing, building, and operating production-scale distributed systems or cloud services.
  • Deep hands-on experience with Java; proficiency in Python, Go, C/C++, or C# also considered.
  • Demonstrated ability to use AI-assisted development tools like Codex, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot for productivity improvement.
  • Expertise in designing, deploying, and troubleshooting Linux-based containerized services using Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Deep experience with RESTful APIs over HTTPS, including API contracts, authentication, authorization, error handling, observability, and production debugging.
  • Strong foundation in computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, operating systems, networking, distributed systems.

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