Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Description

Are you interested in building large-scale distributed infrastructure for the cloud? Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) team is building new Infrastructure-as-a-Service technologies that operate at large scale in a distributed multi-tenant cloud environment. Join OCl Networking to build highly scalable and customizable services offering predictable and consistent performance, isolation, and availability.
https://www.oracle.com/cloud/networking/
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for engineers with distributed systems experience. You should have experience with the software development and design of the features and launching them into production. You’ve operated high-scale services and understand how to make them more resilient. You have experience working with services that require data to travel long distances but must abide by compliance and regulations.
The ideal candidate will contribute to the software design and development for major components of Oracle’s Cloud Infrastructure. You should be both a rock-solid coder and a distributed systems generalist, able to dive deep into any part of the stack and low-level systems, as well as design broad distributed system interactions. You should value simplicity and scale, work comfortably in a collaborative, agile environment, and be excited to learn.
What are the biggest challenges for the team?
The team is rebuilding the distributed system as a workflow. The dynamic and fast growth of the business is driving us to build brand new innovative technologies. We understand that software is living and needs investment. The challenge is making the right tradeoffs, communicating those decisions effectively, and crisp execution.
We need engineers who can build services that can reliably protect our customer cloud environment. We need engineers who can figure out how we can keep up our solution in a fast pace to securely protect our customers. We need engineers who can build services that enable us to offer even more options to customers and contribute to the overall growth of Oracle Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Lead, Design, architect, and build large-scale distributed systems that enable rapid region builds and network orchestration across OCI.
• Drive development of services and frameworks that simplify complex networking challenges at scale.
• Collaborate across multiple teams from OCl to design unified, automated, and observable systems.
• Lead technical direction for high-impact projects, mentoring engineers and shaping design reviews with simplicity and resilience in mind.
• Improve service reliability, latency, and operational automation through intelligent tooling, metrics, and self-healing systems.
• Partner with senior leadership to influence architectural strategy and guide OCI's region-build roadmap.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability — where people take pride in building things that matter
• Strong knowledge and interest in AI adoption including prompt engineering and agentic programming, with ChatGPT and Codex experience 

Required Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or relevant technical field involving coding or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of total experience in software development
• Demonstrated ability to write great code using Java, GoLang, C#, or similar OO languages.
• Proven ability to deliver products and experience with the full software development lifecycle.
• Experience working on large-scale, highly distributed services infrastructure.
• Experience working in an operational environment with mission-critical tier-one livesite servicing.
• Systematic problem-solving approach, strong communication skills, a sense of ownership, and drive
• Experience designing architectures that demonstrate deep technical depth in one area, or span many products, to enable high availability, scalability, market-leading features and flexibility to meet future business demands.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience developing and maintaining services on a public cloud platform (e.g., AWS, Azure, Oracle)
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IAC) languages, preferably Terraform
• Strong knowledge of databases (SQL and NoSQL)
• Experience with Kafka, Apache Spark and other big data technologies

Qualifications

Minimum Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
11 years of experience in software development
OR
Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 7 years of experience in software development
OR
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 7 years of experience in software development
OR
Master's of Technology (M.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development
OR
Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development
OR
Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 3 year of experience in software development.

Job Skills:
Same skills as prior level plus;
Data Analysis: Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret data to produce actionable business insights.
Agile Methodologies: Demonstrated ability to use agile methodologies to drive continuous improvement and product delivery.
Automation: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of automation, including designing, implementing, and managing automated tools, processes, or systems to streamline operations.
Compliance: Demonstrated knowledge of and adherence to regulatory, legal, and organizational compliance requirements.
Quality Assurance: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of quality assurance, including ensuring adherence to standards and implementing quality control measures.
Scripting Languages: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of scripting languages, including writing and maintaining scripts to improve system efficiency.
Software Test Plans: Demonstrated ability to develop and execute effective software test plans to validate product quality.
User Experience Development: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of user experience development, including designing intuitive and effective user interfaces and content.
Code Review: Demonstrated ability to conduct in-depth code reviews for software quality assurance.
Embedded Systems: Demonstrated ability to develop embedded systems, balancing hardware and software for optimal performance.
Software Estimation: Demonstrated ability to provide accurate software effort and complexity estimates for project planning and scheduling.

Cloud - Cloud Platforms Experience:
3 year of academic or professional experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle Cloud).
Testing and Automation Experience:
5 years of experience working in testing and automation at the system level.
Distributed Systems Experience:
4 year of experience working with delivering and operating large-scale distributed systems.

Preferred Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
11 years of experience in software development
OR
Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 7 years of experience in software development
OR
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 7 years of experience in software development
OR
Master's of Technology (M.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development
OR
Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development
OR
Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 3 years of experience in software development.
People Leadership / Management Experience:
1 year of experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle Cloud).