Senior Principal Software Engineer
Oracle
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This role pays more than 77% of similar roles. Most pay $144,350–$220,800 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $221k versus about $183k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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Oracle Corporation is a leading multinational technology company specializing in database software, cloud computing, and enterprise software.
Oracle currently has 781 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $102,300–$209,500 across 713 roles with salary data.
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Senior Principal Software Engineer - Network & Storage Acceleration joins the Technical Strategy and Oversight team to provide architectural leadership for greenfield cloud services. This role involves designing, architecting, and delivering high-performance persistent storage and networking solutions at global scale. The engineer will build new container runtimes, distributed frameworks, and core data-plane components while mentoring engineers and defining long-term technical roadmaps. Key requirements include expertise in C/C++, Go, Linux internals, and system-level optimization for performance and scale. Candidates must possess deep knowledge of networking data-plane architectures, including DPU-based systems, network virtualization, and protocols like P4 or DOCA. The role focuses on solving complex infrastructure problems by developing high-availability platforms and ensuring operational readiness for mission-critical services within a public cloud environment.
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