Senior Principal Member of Technical Staff

Senior Principal Member of Technical Staff

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Design, develop, troubleshoot and debug software programs for databases, applications, tools, networks and other components. This position creates and maintains high‑scale services, collaborates across teams, and leads technical decision‑making.

As a Senior Principal Software Engineer / Consulting Member of Technical Staff, you will work with teams of software engineers responsible for the software design, development, and operations for new and existing products. You should be able to architect broad systems interactions, be hands‑on, dive deep into any part of the stack, and have a good sense of cloud infrastructure and networking knowledge.

You should value simplicity and impact, work comfortably in a collaborative, agile environment, and be excited to learn.

Our Senior Principal engineers are also the people who can work independently and provide technical leadership to the broader organization. You should have experience developing and operating high‑scale services, and an understanding of how to make these cloud‑scale services resilient. The ideal candidate will be technically strong and productive; someone who knows how to balance speed and quality with iterative and incremental improvements.

You understand operational excellence and know‑how to infuse a culture of being proactive within your team. You recommend and justify major changes to new and existing products and establish consensus with data‑driven approaches.

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or relevant technical field involving coding or equivalent practical experience
• 10+ 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

• Experience as technical lead on a large scale cloud service
• Hands‑on experience developing and maintaining services on a public cloud platform (e.g., AWS, Azure, Oracle)
• Experience working on Kubernetes
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IAC) languages, preferably Terraform
• Strong knowledge of databases (SQL and No
  
  SQL)
• Strong knowledge of Computer Networking (OSI layers, HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, DHCP, Routers, Gateways, Subnets, etc.)
• Knowledge of Linux internals, Linux/Unix troubleshooting skills
• Familiarity with host virtualization technologies (KVM, Containers, Docker, etc.)
• Able to effectively communicate technical ideas verbally and in writing (technical proposals, design specs, architecture diagrams and presentations)
• Experience with hiring, mentorship and raising the talent bar across the organization

Certain US customer or client‑facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

US:
Hiring Range in USD from: $96,800 – $251,600 per year. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral. Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre‑tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Paid time off:
  Flexible Vacation and accrued vacation benefits according to hours worked
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave, 72 hours upon hire, refreshed annually
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow’s technology to tackle today’s challenges. We empower employees and promote inclusive growth opportunities. Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

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