Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Nashville, TN
Salary: $79,200–$209,500 / yr
Posted: 58 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

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The Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure joins the team to design, implement, and optimize components within distributed systems. This role focuses on building scalable, resilient, and operable infrastructure for large-scale data processing, retrieval, and storage. Key responsibilities include developing fault-tolerant paths using redundancy, replication, and automatic failover, while implementing circuit breakers, retries, and timeouts to manage network unreliability. The engineer will utilize data plane platforms, distributed state management tools, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for automation and troubleshooting. Core tasks involve proactive issue detection via telemetry, dashboards, and alarms, as well as applying advanced security controls like encryption and access remediation. The position requires expertise in system design, performance testing, and maintaining data integrity within multi-tenant environments to ensure high availability and compliance.

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Skills

Distributed Systems Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Cloud Infrastructure Data Processing Load Testing Circuit Breakers Telemetry Alerting Encryption Security Controls Runbooks Automation Scripts Scalability

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 tools and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to streamline troubleshooting and maintenance.
Build monitoring systems including custom dashboards, telemetry, and alerts to proactively detect system failures.
Conduct performance testing, load testing, and fault-injection scenarios to ensure system correctness.
Participate in incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and the creation of operational runbooks.
Apply advanced security controls such as encryption and access management for multi-tenant environments.
Ensure infrastructure compliance with industry standards through consistent documentation and change management.

What we're looking for

Must have 3 to 5+ years of experience in software engineering.
Must be able to read, write, and speak English.
Experience designing and optimizing components in distributed systems for scalability, resiliency, and operability is required.
Ability to implement fault-tolerant paths including redundancy, replication, automatic failover, retries, circuit breakers, and timeouts.
Proficiency in developing automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for troubleshooting and maintenance.
Experience implementing advanced security controls such as encryption and access management.
Ability to perform performance and load testing on large-scale data processing systems.
Ability to monitor system health using dashboards, telemetry, and automated alerting mechanisms.

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