Senior Member of Technical Staff

Job Description

Join Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) as a Senior Member of Technical Staff and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of cloud computing. In this role you will lead the design, development, and operation of compute operability solutions, ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of OCI’s compute infrastructure. You’ll work with a team of innovative engineers to build and operate massive‑scale, integrated cloud services that power businesses and organizations worldwide.

As a software engineer on the OCI Compute team you will focus on enhancing the operability of our compute services, driving automation, and optimizing system reliability. Your work will directly impact the performance of mission‑critical workloads for Oracle’s global customers, solving complex challenges in distributed systems, high‑availability computing, and operational excellence.

• Creating and maintaining highly available APIs for launching and managing Compute resources.
• Designing and implementing highly scalable systems capable of functioning across numerous regions in a worldwide cloud footprint.
• Building systems for orchestrating large‑scale fleet management actions.
• Decomposing large, monolithic codebases.

A key focus of this job will be designing and delivering automated CI/CD pipelines to ensure minimal human intervention and customer impact through proper blast‑radius control. The successful hire will have a passion for automation and preventing customer impact, and in the event operational issues arise, they will be able to quickly assess the impact and appropriate mitigation steps to restore service.

This position is expected to be onsite full time in Nashville, TN. This is not a remote position.

• Design and implement scalable, reliable, and high‑performance compute operability solutions for OCI.
• Develop tools, frameworks, and automation to enhance the operational efficiency of compute infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues in large‑scale distributed systems.
• Drive the adoption of best practices for system reliability, performance tuning, and operational excellence.
• Mentor junior engineers.
• Innovate to improve system availability, reduce latency, and optimize resource utilization.
• Participate in on‑call rotations to ensure 24/7 service reliability.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Expertise in compute operability, including virtualization, containerization, or orchestration technologies (e.g., KVM, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong programming skills in languages such as Go, Python, Java, or C++.
• Strong data analysis experience and proficiency in SQL.
• Experience with large‑scale system design, automation, and operational tools (e.g., Grafana, Terraform, Prometheus).
• Familiarity with cloud computing concepts, including IaaS, PaaS, or serverless architectures.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills and a track record of resolving technical challenges.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively in a globally distributed team.

• Experience with OCI, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Contributions to open‑source projects or a strong portfolio of technical innovation.
• Experience with observability tools (e.g., Grafana, ELK stack) and incident management processes.
• Background in building automation for zero‑downtime deployments or self‑healing systems.

US:
Hiring Range in USD from: $79,200 – $178,100 per year. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

• 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 and flexible vacation policy.
• Paid sick leave, paid parental leave, adoption assistance.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Financial planning and group legal services.
• Volunta…