Principal Member Technical Staff at Oracle Santa Clara, CA

Principal Member Technical Staff job ta Clara, CA.

We are responsible for the Virtual Machine Instance platforms within OCI Compute. We deliver solutions for general-purpose, confidential, and specialized computing workloads across both x86 and ARM architectures. Our team owns the full lifecycle – from launching new VM offerings to maintaining and optimizing production systems – enabling OCI to meet the evolving needs of enterprise and cloud-native customers. We are continually pushing the boundaries of virtualization technology to fulfill our mission of providing customers with highly performant, always-available, and elastic virtual machines.

As a Principal Member of Technical Staff, you will lead software development efforts for key features within Oracle Compute's service offerings. This role combines deep hands‑on engineering expertise with technical leadership, focusing on the design, development, and operation of large‑scale, highly available cloud services. The ideal candidate will take ownership of major feature areas and deliver end‑to‑end solutions.

• 6+ years of software development experience in system‑level engineering.
• 3+ years of experience with OS kernel internals (e.g., memory management, device drivers, or kernel subsystems).
• 3+ years of experience with virtualization technologies (e.g., QEMU/KVM, Hyper‑V, ESX).
• Proficiency in at least two of the following programming languages: C, C++, Rust, Java, or C#.
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and operating systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

• Experience with public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, OCI, GCP).
• Experience with Quality Assurance for cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with Smart
  
  NICs, SR‑IOV/VFIO, and live migration technologies.
• Experience with GPU VMs.
• Experience with TPM and confidential computing.
• Experience with system performance analysis and tuning.
• Master's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only. US:
Hiring Range in USD from: $96,800 to $223,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability 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 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.
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

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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.