Principal Software Development Engineer

Job-:
Product and Research

Location:

Nashville, TN, United States;
United States

Schedule:

Full time Posted:
Closes:
Role:
Individual Contributor Job Type: Regular Employee Does this position require a security clearance?:
No

Years: 6 to 10+ years

Applicants are required to read, write, and speak the following languages:
English
* This position is based onsite in Nashville, TN - We are able to provide relocation assistance 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.

What You'll Do
* 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.

Qualifications

Disclaimer:

Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations onlyUS:
Hiring Range in USD from: $114,600 to $234,600 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off:
Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment.

Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees…