Oracle · 3 weeks ago
Sr Principal Software Engineer/Consulting Member of Technical Staff
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$97K/yr - $252K/yr
10+ years expOracle is a world leader in cloud solutions, committed to providing innovative cloud products to tackle significant challenges. The role involves designing and building large-scale distributed services and storage backend, requiring hands-on engineers with expertise in distributed systems and cloud services.
Data GovernanceData ManagementEnterprise SoftwareInformation TechnologySaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Work with architects and business stakeholders to deliver new features/services and improvements
Debug operational issues and suggest fixes, raise the operational bar, and improve the scalability of service(s)
Assist customers with onboarding to the service as needed
Perform on-call operations duties on a rotating basis
Reimagine service experiences and deliver proof points that improve the service along one or more dimensions (Semantic understanding to improve Operations, Usability, Cost to Serve, Availability, Storage tiering to name a few)
This is a challenging role with expectations including, but not limited to
Technical leadership to drive critical work items, unlocking onboarding of large customers, service scalability, new product initiatives to name a few
Drive roadmap/vision/competitive analysis and/or bootstrap work streams to keep pace with landscape changes - covert and overt from competition
Excellent communication skills to build consensus across stakeholders and, when needed, collaborate on a business case to seek executive leadership approval
Bring technical acumen and foresight in build/buy/partnership decisions
Qualification
Required
10+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating distributed systems or cloud services
Proven track record of owning large features end-to-end: problem definition, design, implementation, rollout, and ongoing operation (SLOs/metrics)
Strong CS fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, operating systems, networking, and distributed systems concepts
Deep knowledge of Linux and Linux internals (process scheduling, memory management, filesystems, networking)
Experience designing multi-tenant, highly available, and scalable services (HA, DR, capacity planning)
Proficiency in one or more of: Java, Go, C/C++, or Rust; plus scripting (Python/Bash)
Production-grade observability (metrics, logs, tracing) and performance profiling/tuning
Security-minded engineering: secure coding, authN/Z, TLS, secrets management
Experience working on open source software/contributions to open source Redis/memcached/Cassandra/PSQL is a strong plus
Excellent design, architecture, leadership, and coding skills
Software Engineering and architecture experience with distributed systems/managed services within large-scale environments
10+ years of experience working on challenging issues with a self-starter / self-motivated attitude
Hands-on operations experience in a DevOps environment and a track record of delivering results blended with innovation and operational agility
Preferred
Candidates with PhD in Computer Science disciplines and 4+ years of industry experience
Benefits
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. 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 working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
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
Company
Oracle
Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$25.75BKey Investors
Sequoia Capital
2025-09-24Post Ipo Debt· $18B
2025-02-03Post Ipo Debt· $7.75B
1986-03-12IPO
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