Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Seattle, WA
Salary: $102,300–$209,500 / yr
Posted: 101 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
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 and deliver features for provisioning, onboarding, and platform services. This role involves owning small-to-medium components end-to-end, including developing software layers and tooling to automate hardware provisioning for a large-scale fleet. Key responsibilities include performing cross-layer debugging across kernel/user space, firmware interfaces, and hardware signals, while monitoring performance, capacity, and error budgets. The engineer will integrate and validate system firmware with hardware components, participate in schematic and board reviews, and enhance automation for fleet operations. Required skills include systems software development, API versioning, performance profiling, and secure coding practices. The work focuses on managing, monitoring, and provisioning computer servers, storage, networking, and GPU subsystems within a hyperscale environment to ensure reliability and availability.

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Skills

Firmware Kernel Hardware CI/CD DevOps API Distributed Systems Cloud Infrastructure Performance Profiling System Architecture Observability Networking Storage GPU Scalability

What you'll do

Design and develop system software modules to manage and provision server, storage, networking, and GPU subsystems.
Develop tools and software layers to automate hardware provisioning and onboarding for large-scale fleets.
Perform cross-layer debugging across kernel/user space, firmware interfaces, and hardware signals to identify root causes.
Monitor and tune performance, capacity, and error budgets while implementing observability and guardrails for services.
Enhance automation for fleet operations by improving CI/CD pipelines, validation, and conformance testing.
Participate in schematic and board reviews to identify potential firmware and software implications.
Support hardware bring-up through targeted diagnostics and collaboration with silicon and board vendors.
Implement secure coding practices and performance optimization strategies to ensure system reliability and scalability.

What we're looking for

Must be able to read, write, and speak English.
3 to 5+ years of experience in systems software engineering or related fields.
Experience designing and developing system software for managing server, storage, networking, and GPU subsystems.
Ability to perform cross-layer debugging across kernel/user space, firmware interfaces, and hardware signals.
Experience with automated hardware provisioning, onboarding, and CI/CD pipelines.
Proficiency in performance profiling, optimization, and implementing observability for system services.
Knowledge of secure coding practices and software architecture best practices.
Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams including platform engineering, firmware development, and silicon vendors.