Senior Principal Software Engineer

Oracle

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Work type
On-site
Location
Nashville, TN
Salary
$135,200–$306,400 / yr
Posted
139 days ago
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TL;DR · Senior Principal Software Engineer

As a Senior Principal Software Engineer, you will join the software engineering division to work with senior engineers and product management on defining requirements for OCI’s storage infrastructure services. You will be responsible for making substantial contributions to design and architecture, implementing proof of concepts, writing code, reviewing peer code, and creating test automations. The role requires mentoring junior engineers while ensuring software simplicity and scale within an agile environment. You will utilize C and C++, with potential use of Python or Java. The work involves developing large-scale, highly available distributed systems, including distributed storage systems, filesystems, and databases. Relevant technical context includes high-throughput I/O architectures like DAOS/SPDK, RMDA, high-performance networking such as SmartNICs and NVMe/TCP, and familiarity with Kubernetes and AI/ML frameworks.

What does a Software Engineer earn?

Median $197400 from 2576 postings across 150 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Define requirements for OCI storage infrastructure services with product management.
  • Design and architect substantial contributions to the storage infrastructure.
  • Implement technical proof of concepts for new features.
  • Write production code and perform peer code reviews.
  • Develop and maintain automated test suites.
  • Troubleshoot and perform performance tuning on distributed systems.
  • Define specifications and develop software for significant new projects.

What we're looking for

  • Applicants must be able to read, write, and speak English.
  • 10+ years of experience delivering and operating large scale, highly available distributed systems.
  • Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
  • Strong proficiency with C and C++.
  • Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems fundamentals.
  • Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills.
  • Experience with distributed storage systems, filesystems, and databases (preferred).
  • Expertise in one or more Public Cloud offerings (OCI, AWS, GCP, Azure) (preferred).

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