Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Nashville, TN
Salary: $79,200–$209,500 / yr
Posted: 3 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Similar $182k

This role $144k

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This role pays less than 82% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$214,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $144k versus about $182k for comparable roles.

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Oracle Corporation is a leading multinational technology company specializing in database software, cloud computing, and enterprise software.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

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Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure joins the team to build and operate foundational distributed systems for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. This role focuses on developing scalable, resilient components for high-volume data retrieval, storage, and processing while ensuring correctness, security, and observability at a global scale. The engineer will design and optimize data-plane services, implement infrastructure as code for automated maintenance, and perform performance, load, and fault-injection testing. Key responsibilities include managing incident response, creating telemetry dashboards, and applying security controls like encryption in multi-tenant environments. Candidates should be proficient in at least one object-oriented or systems programming language, such as Java, C++, C#, or Go. The role requires expertise in distributed systems concepts, data structures, algorithms, networking, and experience with cloud platforms, microservices, and large-scale data processing to solve complex infrastructure challenges.

What does a Software Engineer earn?

Median $196500 from 2013 postings across 147 companies.

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Skills

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Java C++ C# Go Infrastructure as Code Distributed Systems Microservices AWS Azure Cloud Platform Data Processing Observability Security Controls Fault-Injection Testing

What you'll do

Design, implement, and optimize components of large-scale distributed systems and data-plane services.
Build scalable infrastructure using distributed state, replication, synchronization, and high-volume data processing.
Enhance service reliability through redundancy, automatic failover, and recovery-oriented design patterns.
Execute performance, load, and fault-injection tests to validate system scalability and operational readiness.
Create dashboards, telemetry, and automation tools to proactively detect issues and accelerate recovery.
Participate in on-call rotations and perform root-cause analysis for production incidents.
Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for automated maintenance, patching, and rollbacks.
Implement security controls including encryption and access management in multi-tenant environments.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
4+ years of professional software-development experience; advanced degree holders may have fewer years of experience.
Proficiency in at least one object-oriented or systems programming language, such as Java, C++, C#, or Go.
Experience building or operating scalable, highly available distributed systems or cloud infrastructure.
Experience with system-level testing and automation, including performance, load, reliability, or fault-injection testing.
Understanding of distributed-systems concepts, data structures, algorithms, operating systems, networking, and secure software-development practices.
Strong debugging, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Experience with cloud platforms, data-plane platforms, observability, Infrastructure as Code, or compliance requirements (preferred).

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