Senior Principal Software Engineer - Media Ads Service

Oracle

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Nashville, TN · Austin, TX · Broomfield, CO · Seattle, WA · Redwood City, CA Posted 10 days ago $96,800$251,600 / year

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TL;DR

As a Senior Principal Software Engineer at OCI, you will lead the architecture and delivery of large-scale streaming and ad delivery systems, focusing on ultra-low latency, reliability, and global performance. You will design and evolve scalable backend services for video delivery, ad insertion, and real-time traffic orchestration, set technical direction, mentor engineers, and partner with product, infrastructure, and operations teams to ensure reliable system delivery. The role requires deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and real-time streaming platforms, along with experience in high-scale backend architectures, networking, service reliability, and performance optimization. Ideal candidates will have a track record of technical leadership, including architecture ownership and mentoring senior engineers, and familiarity with video delivery, ad tech, or low-latency media systems is preferred.

Skills

Python Java Kubernetes Docker AWS CI/CD PostgreSQL Redis gRPC Prometheus Grafana GraphQL Cassandra

What you'll do

  • Lead the design and evolution of scalable backend services for video delivery and ad insertion.
  • Resolve high-severity performance issues and scaling problems in real-time traffic orchestration systems.
  • Set technical direction and mentor engineers to enhance engineering excellence across teams.
  • Drive architecture reviews and establish best practices for quality, observability, and operational excellence.
  • Partner with product, infrastructure, and operations teams to deliver reliable large-scale streaming systems.

What we're looking for

  • Over 10 years of software engineering experience in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or real-time streaming platforms.
  • Deep expertise in high-scale backend architectures, networking, service reliability, and performance optimization.
  • Proven technical leadership with architecture ownership, cross-functional influence, and mentoring senior engineers.
  • Experience leading the design and evolution of scalable backend services for video delivery and ad insertion.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive architecture reviews and resolve critical system issues.

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