Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Oracle

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Work type
On-site
Location
Nashville, TNAustin, TX
Salary
$79,200–$209,500 / yr
Posted
73 days ago
Freshness
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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This role pays less than 77% of similar roles. Most pay $149,462–$179,487 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $144k versus about $164k for comparable roles.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

As a Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure, you will join the team to design, implement, and optimize components within distributed systems focused on scalability, resiliency, and operability. You will build fault-tolerant paths using redundancy, replication, and automatic failover while implementing critical mechanisms like retries, circuit breakers, and timeouts to manage network unreliability. Your daily work involves leveraging data plane platforms and distributed state tools for high-volume retrieval, storage, and processing. You will also develop automation scripts and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for troubleshooting, perform load testing, and manage security controls such as encryption and access management in multi-tenant environments. The role addresses the technical challenge of maintaining system correctness and availability through proactive monitoring via telemetry, dashboards, and automated alerts to ensure seamless operations without requiring maintenance windows.

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What you'll do

  • Design and optimize distributed system components for high scalability, resiliency, and large-scale data processing.
  • Implement fault-tolerant mechanisms including redundancy, replication, automatic failover, circuit breakers, and retries.
  • Develop telemetry systems, dashboards, and automated alerts to proactively monitor and detect system failures.
  • Create automation scripts and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for troubleshooting and managing cloud infrastructure.
  • Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and the creation of operational runbooks.
  • Apply advanced security controls such as encryption and access management in multi-tenant environments.
  • Execute performance and load testing to ensure system correctness and stability under heavy demand.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 3 to 5+ years of experience in software engineering.
  • Ability to read, write, and speak English.
  • Experience designing and optimizing components in distributed systems for scalability, resiliency, and operability.
  • Proficiency in implementing fault-tolerant paths including redundancy, replication, and automatic failover.
  • Experience with data plane platforms for high-volume retrieval, storage, and processing.
  • Ability to implement advanced security controls such as encryption and access management.
  • Experience developing automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for troubleshooting and maintenance.
  • Ability to perform performance and load testing to ensure system correctness and availability.

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