Senior Principal Software Engineer, Network & Storage Acceleration

Oracle

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Work type
On-site
Location
Seattle, WASanta Clara, CA
Salary
$135,200–$306,400 / yr
Posted
93 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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This role $221k
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TL;DR · Senior Principal Software Engineer, Network & Storage Acceleration

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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What you'll do

  • Architect and deliver greenfield cloud services and platforms from inception to production at global scale.
  • Lead the engineering of new container runtimes and distributed frameworks for high-availability workloads.
  • Develop high-performance persistent storage and networking solutions to set new infrastructure benchmarks.
  • Define standards and drive adoption of core data-plane components and developer tools across OCI.
  • Provide technical leadership and set long-term engineering direction for multiple teams and projects.
  • Solve complex, ambiguous problems while balancing innovation, performance, and reliability.
  • Mentor and coach engineers to foster a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
  • Drive rigorous code reviews, operational readiness, and best practice adoption across the organization.

What we're looking for

  • Hold a BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Have 12+ years of experience delivering distributed, mission-critical cloud services at large scale.
  • Possess recognized expertise in writing and reviewing high-quality code in C/C++, Go, or similar languages.
  • Demonstrate exceptional knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and system-level optimization for performance and scale.
  • Have extensive experience with networking data-plane architectures, specifically DPU-based systems.
  • Possess expertise in network virtualization, protocols, and distributed systems design.
  • Have proven experience leading operationally critical, Tier-0 platform and infrastructure teams.
  • Demonstrate deep knowledge of Linux internals, distributed system troubleshooting, and performance optimization.

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