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

How this pay compares to similar roles

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

Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure joins the team to design, implement, and optimize components within distributed systems focusing on scalability, resiliency, and operability. The role involves building fault-tolerant paths through redundancy, replication, and automatic failover while implementing recovery-oriented principles like circuit breakers and timeouts. Day-to-day responsibilities include performing load testing, developing automation scripts using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and managing data plane platforms for high-volume retrieval and storage. The engineer will also manage security controls such as encryption and access management in multi-tenant environments while participating in incident response and root cause analysis. Key technical requirements include expertise in distributed state tools, telemetry systems, and automated monitoring. This role addresses the critical challenge of maintaining system correctness and availability for large-scale data processing while ensuring seamless operations without requiring maintenance windows.

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What you'll do

  • Design and optimize distributed systems components for high scalability, resiliency, and large-scale data processing.
  • Build fault-tolerant infrastructure using redundancy, replication, automatic failover, circuit breakers, and retry mechanisms.
  • Develop automation scripts and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to manage cloud infrastructure and troubleshoot issues.
  • Create monitoring tools including dashboards, telemetry systems, and automated alerts to proactively detect system failures.
  • Participate in incident response, conduct root cause analyses, and author operational runbooks.
  • Implement advanced security controls such as encryption and access management for multi-tenant environments.
  • Execute performance and load testing to ensure system correctness and stability under heavy demand.

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 cloud infrastructure management are required.
  • Experience applying advanced security controls such as encryption and access management in multi-tenant environments is required.
  • Ability to perform performance and load testing to ensure system scalability and reliability is required.
  • Experience with incident response, root cause analysis, and creating operational runbooks is required.

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