Principal Engineer, OCI Object Storage

* This position is based onsite in Nashville, TN

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to help design, build, and operate the foundational systems behind a highly available, durable, and globally distributed object storage service. In this senior individual-contributor role, you will solve complex distributed-systems problems at massive scale and set technical direction across critical storage-platform capabilities.

You will work with engineers across storage, networking, security, control plane, and observability to deliver resilient systems that customers can trust with their most important data.

• Architect and deliver core infrastructure for object storage, including metadata, data placement, replication, lifecycle management, and durability workflows.
• Lead the design of distributed systems that provide strong availability, consistency, performance, and operational simplicity at scale.
• Improve service reliability through fault isolation, automated remediation, disaster recovery design, capacity planning, and rigorous operational practices.
• Drive technical strategy for complex, cross-team initiatives; influence architecture and execution beyond your immediate team.
• Investigate and resolve challenging production issues, using deep systems expertise to prevent recurrence.
• Build tooling, automation, and observability that make the service easier to operate, diagnose, and evolve.
• Partner with security and compliance teams to embed secure-by-design practices into storage infrastructure.
• Establish engineering standards through design reviews, technical mentorship, and clear written communication.