Principal Software Developer

Principal Software Developer at Oracle

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Is in Oracle’s Cloud Infrastructure team building Infrastructure-as-a-Service technologies that operate at high scale in a broadly distributed multi‑tenant cloud environment. The Object Storage Service team is looking for hands‑on engineers with expertise and passion in solving difficult problems in distributed systems, large‑scale storage, and highly available services. If this is you, you can be part of the team that drives the best‑in‑class Object Storage Service into the next phase of its development.

An engineer at any level can have significant technical and business impact.

As a technical leader you will own software design and development for major components and features of the Object Storage Service. You should be both a rock‑solid coder and a distributed systems generalist, able to dive deep into any part of the stack and low‑level systems, as well as design broad distributed system interactions. You will be expected to define software architecture with performance in mind and leveraging hardware acceleration where possible.

Ideally, you have a background in system performance, where you have built highly efficient software stacks in Java or C++. You should value simplicity and scale, work comfortably in a collaborative, agile environment, and be excited to learn.

• 10+ years of experience delivering and operating large scale, highly available distributed systems.
• Proven experience in Java or C++ languages.
• Familiar with scripting languages like python.
• In‑depth knowledge Linux kernel and Ethernet/IP/TCP/HTTP protocols.
• Strong understanding of system performance and hardware acceleration.
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms and distributed systems fundamentals.
• Knowledge of databases, storage and distributed persistence technologies.
• Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills.
• Experience building multi‑tenant infrastructure – a strong plus.

Career Level – IC4

US Salary: $96,800 – $223,400 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:
  Flexible Vacation provided to salaried employees; accrued Vacation for other employees.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours upon hire, refreshes each calendar year.
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption assistance.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Financial planning and group legal.
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance.

Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.