Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Oracle

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Work type
On-site
Location
Austin, TXNashville, TN
Salary
$79,200–$209,500 / yr
Posted
72 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

As a Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure, you will join the team responsible for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Workflow, a Tier 0 service critical to the execution of multi-step work in a fault-tolerant manner. You will design, implement, and optimize components within distributed systems, focusing on scalability, resiliency, and operability. Your daily responsibilities include building fault-tolerant paths through redundancy and replication, implementing circuit breakers, and developing automation via Infrastructure as Code for troubleshooting and maintenance. You will also manage data plane platforms for high-volume retrieval and processing while ensuring advanced security controls like encryption are met. The role requires proficiency in Java and DevOps practices to solve complex problems regarding large-scale data processing and system reliability. You will proactively mitigate issues using telemetry, dashboards, and runbooks to ensure the platform remains efficient during rapid growth.

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What you'll do

  • Design and optimize distributed system components for high-volume data processing, scalability, and reliability.
  • Implement fault-tolerant mechanisms 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 featuring custom dashboards, telemetry, and proactive alerting for component health.
  • Conduct performance testing, load testing, and fault-injection scenarios to ensure system correctness.
  • Participate in incident response, perform root cause analysis (RCA), and author operational runbooks.
  • Apply advanced security controls including encryption and access management in 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.
  • Proficiency in Java is required.
  • Experience with DevOps practices is required.
  • Ability to read, write, and speak English.
  • Experience designing and optimizing distributed systems for scalability and resiliency.
  • Experience implementing fault-tolerant components including redundancy, replication, and automatic failover.
  • Experience developing automation scripts and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for cloud infrastructure management.
  • Ability to implement advanced security controls such as encryption and access controls in multi-tenant environments.

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