Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Oracle

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Work type
On-site
Location
Nashville, TN
Salary
$79,200–$209,500 / yr
Posted
11 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

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This role $144k
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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

As a Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure, you will join the team to design, implement, and optimize components within distributed systems focusing on scalability, resiliency, and operability. You will build fault-tolerant paths using redundancy, replication, and automatic failover while implementing recovery-oriented principles like circuit breakers and timeouts. Your daily work involves developing features, performing load and performance tests, and managing data plane platforms for high-volume retrieval and storage. You will also manage infrastructure as code (IaC), develop automation scripts for troubleshooting, and implement advanced security controls such as encryption and access management in multi-tenant environments. The role addresses the technical challenge of maintaining system correctness and availability during service updates while ensuring compliance with industry standards. Key skills include distributed state management, telemetry systems, and proactive incident response through runbooks and root cause analysis.

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What you'll do

  • Design and optimize distributed system components for high scalability, resiliency, and large-scale data processing.
  • Implement fault-tolerant features including redundancy, replication, automatic failover, circuit breakers, and retries.
  • Develop automated infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to streamline troubleshooting and maintenance.
  • Build monitoring systems including custom dashboards, telemetry, and alert configurations to proactively detect failures.
  • Conduct performance testing, load testing, and fault-injection scenarios to ensure system correctness.
  • Participate in incident response, perform root cause analysis, and author operational runbooks.
  • Apply advanced security controls such as encryption and access management for multi-tenant environments.
  • Manage the full software lifecycle including code reviews, documentation, and compliance with industry standards.

What we're looking for

  • Applicants must be able to read, write, and speak English.
  • Candidates must have 3 to 5+ years of experience in software engineering or related fields.
  • Experience is required in designing and optimizing components for distributed systems with a focus on scalability and resiliency.
  • Proficiency in implementing fault-tolerant paths including redundancy, replication, and automatic failover is required.
  • Skills in developing automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for troubleshooting and maintenance are required.
  • Experience applying advanced security controls such as encryption and access management is required.
  • Ability to perform load testing, performance monitoring, and incident response root cause analysis is required.
  • Capability to manage project timelines independently while collaborating across teams to meet business objectives.

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