Lead Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer

Build the Future of Cloud Compute at Oracle OCI

Are you passionate about systems engineering, virtualization, and building technology at massive scale? Do you thrive in fast‑paced environments where performance, reliability, and innovation matter every day? If so, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Compute is looking for engineers to help shape the future of cloud computing.

We are seeking a Software Developer to design, develop, troubleshoot, and debug software programs for infrastructure, applications, tools, and related network services. The role involves building reliable solutions, resolving technical issues, improving system performance, and collaborating with engineering teams to support scalable and secure software delivery.

The Virtual Machine Infrastructure Team is responsible for one of the foundational layers of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure:
Virtual Machines. As part of the VM Data Plane team, we design, build, and optimize the virtualization stack that powers customer workloads across OCI.

Our team develops high‑performance hypervisors that run on multiple CPU architectures and virtualize critical hardware components — including CPUs, GPUs, and NVMe devices — with near bare‑metal performance. We are continuously advancing virtualization technology to deliver secure, highly available, elastic, and industry‑leading compute infrastructure for customers around the world.

This is a unique opportunity to work on deeply technical challenges that directly impact OCI’s core cloud platform.

• Lead the development of significant features and platform capabilities.
• Design and implement highly available, scalable cloud infrastructure.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver innovative compute solutions.
• Mentor engineers and help raise the technical bar across the organization.
• Drive critical engineering initiatives and operational excellence.
• Contribute to architectural direction and engineering best practices.

• 8+ years of experience operating large‑scale, highly‑available, distributed Linux‑based systems.
• High proficiency in programming in Java, Rust, or Go.
• Strong knowledge and interest in AI adoption, including prompt engineering and agentic programming; experience with ChatGPT and Codex is a plus.

We’re seeking engineers who combine strong systems‑level software engineering skills with a passion for solving complex infrastructure problems. Ideal candidates are energized by ownership, collaboration, and building technology that operates at cloud scale.

If you’re excited about virtualization, hypervisors, cloud infrastructure, performance optimization, and building next‑generation compute platforms, we’d love to talk to you.

US:
Hiring Range in USD from $146,300 – $306,400 per year. 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.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short‑term and long‑term disability protection
• Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment coverage
• Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children
• 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, holidays, sick leave, parental leave, and adoption assistance
• Employee stock purchase plan and financial planning resources
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance

Career level:

IC5.

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