Oracle · 8 hours ago
Principal Software Developer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$97K/yr - $223K/yr
6+ years expOracle is a leading company in cloud infrastructure solutions, and they are seeking a Principal Software Developer to provide technical leadership in designing and delivering cloud services and platforms. The role involves architecting next-generation solutions and driving strategic innovation in OCI's cloud offerings.
Data GovernanceData ManagementEnterprise SoftwareInformation TechnologySaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership in designing, architecting, and delivering greenfield cloud services and platforms from inception to production at global scale
Spearhead the engineering of new container runtimes and distributed frameworks to power OCI’s highest-availability and most demanding workloads
Direct the development of bleeding-edge, high-performance persistent storage and networking solutions, setting new benchmarks for cloud infrastructure
Define standards and drive adoption of core data-plane components and developer tools across OCI, enabling organizational performance leaps
Deliver Cloud solutions for one of the two new OCI services: Key value store and a journaling service
Envision, collaborate with Architects and drive the software design and development for new major data-plane components of Oracle’s Cloud Infrastructure
Define the foundations for the next generation of OCI data-planes, making deep architectural changes
Take an active role in the definition and evolution of standard practices and procedures
Perform software development tasks associated with the developing, designing and debugging of software applications or operating systems
Work with Engineering Managers and TPMs, providing direct guidance to junior team members
Balance speed and quality with iteration and incremental improvements
Understand operational excellence and how to instill a culture of high quality and customer focus
Qualification
Preferred
BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
More than 6 years' of experience delivering distributed, mission-critical cloud services at large scale
Strong experience of C/C++ and open to work in Rust programming language
Strong experience with high-concurrency systems
Experience in low-level and performance-critical system level design and service development
Working experience with some of the following technologies: High performance distributed systems, Raft, Paxos, or Multi-Paxos for distributed consistency
Strong team player with outstanding communication, organization, and interpersonal skills
Comfortable with complex, swiftly evolving software development environments
Ability to learn new technologies quickly and drive, follow, evangelize, and improve cross-team processes
Deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure concepts and technologies
Experience working with geographically distributed teams
Work experience in startups or fast-paced enterprise technology development environments is a plus
Demonstrates strong mentorship abilities
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
HSBC,JPMorgan Chase & Co.Sequoia Capital
2025-09-24Post Ipo Debt· $18B
2025-02-03Post Ipo Debt· $7.75B
1986-03-12IPO
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