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 yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $166k

This role $144k

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

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As a Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure, you will join the team building and operating the foundational distributed systems behind Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. You will design, implement, and optimize scalable components for high-volume data retrieval, storage, and processing while ensuring correctness, security, and observability. Your daily work involves developing features for horizontal and vertical scale using distributed state, replication, and synchronization patterns. You will also perform performance, load, and fault-injection testing to ensure operational readiness. The role requires proficiency in object-oriented or systems programming languages such as Java, C++, C#, or Go. Key technical competencies include experience with data-plane platforms, microservices, Infrastructure as Code, and automated telemetry. This position focuses on solving complex problems related to multi-tenant environments, distributed storage, and large-scale data processing within a cloud infrastructure context.

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Median $197400 from 2246 postings across 139 companies.

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Skills

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

What you'll do

Design, implement, test, 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 patterns.
Strengthen service reliability through redundancy, automatic failover, and recovery-oriented design.
Execute performance, load, and fault-injection tests to validate system scalability and operational readiness.
Create dashboards, alarms, telemetry, and automation to proactively detect issues and accelerate recovery.
Diagnose production issues, participate in on-call rotations, and perform root-cause analyses.
Develop infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for maintenance, patching, and rollbacks.
Implement security controls including encryption and access controls 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 (fewer years acceptable for advanced degree holders).
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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