Principal Software Development Engineer; OCI

Principal Software Development Engineer (OCI)

At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we build the future of the cloud for enterprises as a diverse team of creators and inventors. We act with the speed and attitude of a start‑up, with the scale and customer focus of the leading enterprise software company in the world.

Values are OCI’s foundation and how we deliver excellence. We strive for equity, inclusion, and respect for all. We are committed to the greater good in our products and our actions. We are constantly learning and taking opportunities to grow our careers and ourselves. We challenge each other to stretch beyond our past to build our future.

You are the builder here. You will be part of a team of really smart, motivated, and diverse people and given the autonomy and support to do your best work. It is a dynamic and flexible workplace where you’ll belong and be encouraged.

We're looking for a Principal Software Development Engineer to help us build new services for our customers, operate our service, and improve our engineering process.

As a member of the OCI Platform Service team, you will work with our product team and other engineering teams to define new features for our customers. You'll design those features and then write code to build and operate them. You will help operate our service, troubleshoot problems and generally support our customers. You'll provide technical and project leadership to other software engineers on our team.

You'll bring 8+ years of software engineering or related experience. You have built and operated cloud services. You have strong development experience with an Object‑oriented language. You demonstrate strong ownership, solid communication skills and a bias for action. You're comfortable leading projects and leading other engineers.

This team is targeting candidates who can work ONSITE in Nashville‑TN (priority location – 5 days/week) or Austin‑TX (secondary location). Relocation assistance provided. (This is NOT a remote position).

• Own and develop a set of features available through the service.
• Mentor junior software engineers in the team.
• Solve difficult problems in distributed systems, infrastructure, and highly available services.
• Collaborate with Platform Engineering, Business Partners, and the Operations Engineering organization to deliver a highly available product to our customers.

• BS or MS in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience delivering and operating large software systems at scale.
• Proficient in Java and at least one of the following scripting languages (Python, Go).
• Experience building scalable, cloud‑native distributed systems.
• Ability to work in a collaborative, cross‑functional team environment.
• Understanding of REST architecture and JSON.
• Able to effectively communicate technical ideas verbally and in writing.
• Experience with production operations and best practices for putting quality code in production and troubleshooting issues when they arise.

Disclaimer:
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: $96,800–$223,400 per year. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Oracle offers a comprehensive benefits package:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short‑term 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 details
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours upon hire, refreshes annually, carries over up to 112 hours
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal services
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

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