Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Seattle, WASanta Clara, CABurlington, MANashville, TN
Salary: $79,200–$209,500 / yr
Posted: 76 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer

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The Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer joins the team to design, implement, and optimize components in distributed systems with a focus on scalability, resiliency, and operability. This role involves developing highly available microservices across control plane, connectivity, and distributed-systems data plane technologies, as well as Linux daemon technologies. You will build fault-tolerant paths using redundancy, replication, and automatic failover while implementing retries, circuit breakers, and timeouts. Key responsibilities include developing automation and Infrastructure as Code for troubleshooting, managing data plane platforms for high-volume retrieval, and applying security controls like encryption. Required skills include proficiency in data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems concepts like the CAP theorem, consensus, and messaging. You will also utilize AI-assisted and agentic approaches to improve engineering workflows and operational efficiency.

Skills

Distributed Systems Microservices Linux Data Structures Algorithms Telemetry Circuit Breakers Encryption LLM High Availability Scalability

What you'll do

Design, develop, and operate highly available microservices across control plane, connectivity, and data plane technologies.
Build fault-tolerant systems using redundancy, replication, automatic failover, retries, circuit breakers, and timeouts.
Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) for automated troubleshooting and maintenance.
Proactively detect and mitigate issues through telemetry, dashboards, and incident response procedures.
Apply advanced security controls including encryption, access management, and remediation protocols.
Automate engineering workflows across development, testing, and operations using AI-assisted and agentic approaches.
Perform load and performance testing to ensure scalability and reliability of distributed systems.

What we're looking for

3+ years of experience with systems or application development.
3+ years of experience with distributed systems or backend development.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related engineering field.
Proficiency with data structures, algorithms, and operating systems.
Experience with distributed systems including familiarity with CAP theorem, consensus, messaging, and high availability.
Willingness to learn and responsibly apply AI/LLM tools and automation to improve engineering workflows.

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