Senior Principal Software Engineer - Media Ads Service

Oracle

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Nashville, TN · Austin, TX · Broomfield, CO 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 requiring ultra-low latency and exceptional reliability. This senior individual contributor role involves driving technical direction, solving complex distributed systems problems, and mentoring engineers across teams. You will design and evolve scalable backend services for video delivery, ad insertion, and real-time traffic orchestration, set technical direction, and partner with product, infrastructure, and operations teams to deliver reliable systems. Key qualifications include over 10 years of experience in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or real-time streaming platforms, expertise in high-scale backend architectures, networking, service reliability, and performance optimization, as well as demonstrated leadership in architecture ownership and mentoring senior engineers. Experience with video delivery, ad tech, or low-latency media systems is preferred.

Skills

Docker Kubernetes AWS CI/CD Python PostgreSQL Redis gRPC GraphQL Prometheus Grafana Cassandra Apache Kafka Nginx

What you'll do

  • Lead the design and evolution of scalable, resilient backend services for video delivery and ad insertion.
  • Set technical direction and mentor engineers to enhance engineering excellence across teams.
  • Resolve high-severity performance and scaling issues in real-time traffic orchestration systems.
  • Drive architecture reviews and establish best practices for quality 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.
  • Proven technical leadership with architecture ownership and mentoring senior engineers.
  • Deep expertise in high-scale backend architectures, networking, service reliability, and performance optimization.
  • Experience leading the design and evolution of scalable backend services for video delivery and ad insertion.
  • Strong ability to drive technical direction, resolve complex issues, and establish best practices for operational excellence.

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