Lead Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Oracle•Nashville, TN

16h

About The Position

This is an opportunity to solve foundational distributed-systems, developer-platform, and reliability problems with broad impact across OCI. We are hiring Senior Principal engineers and leaders who are excited by large-scale cloud infrastructure, deployment orchestration, operational automation, and building trustworthy systems. You will help shape a new team and create the platforms that enable OCI engineers to deploy and operate services confidently at unprecedented scale. Leads the architecture of highly scalable, resilient distributed systems and mentors engineering teams. Drives performance optimization, elasticity, data-plane innovation, fault tolerance, and SLO-based reliability. Establishes advanced observability, correctness, replication, and operational standards while leading complex incident resolution and RCAs. Architects security, compliance, IaC, and automated change-management solutions for safe, reliable cloud operations at scale.

Requirements

Foundational distributed-systems, developer-platform, and reliability problem-solving.
Experience with large-scale cloud infrastructure, deployment orchestration, operational automation, and building trustworthy systems.
Ability to shape a new team and create platforms for OCI engineers.
Expertise in architecture of highly scalable, resilient distributed systems.
Mentorship of engineering teams.
Driving performance optimization, elasticity, data-plane innovation, fault tolerance, and SLO-based reliability.
Establishing advanced observability, correctness, replication, and operational standards.
Leading complex incident resolution and RCAs.
Architecting security, compliance, IaC, and automated change-management solutions.
Experience with TLA+ and advanced replication/synchronization strategies.
Technical leadership for complex production issues, incident response, and root cause analysis.
Establishing operational readiness and SOP standards.
Designing strategies for in-service maintenance and upgrades.
Architecting advanced security controls for multi-tenant environments.
Leading vulnerability remediation.
Ensuring compliance with applicable standards and guiding documentation.
Developing and overseeing enterprise-level IaC and automation strategies.
Driving automated, reliable patching, upgrades, and rollbacks.
Leading critical, high-impact initiatives, managing timelines, deliverables, resources, and budgets.
Influencing cross-functional leaders and stakeholders.
Leading advanced problem-solving and serving as an escalation point.
Driving innovative, data-driven solutions and root cause prevention.
Serving as a technical thought leader.
Promoting continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and mentorship.
Driving organization-wide improvements to processes, tools, and workflows.
Defining metrics to measure effectiveness.
Serving as a subject matter expert on talent strategy and development.
Providing leadership in candidate assessment, interviews, hiring decisions, and organizational talent development.

Responsibilities

System Design & Architecture: Lead and mentor the architecture of highly scalable, elastic, interdependent distributed systems.
Identify performance bottlenecks, define scalability requirements, and optimize systems for hyperscale workloads.
Drive innovation in distributed state management and data-plane platforms.
Architect fault-tolerant systems using advanced redundancy, replication, failover, and resilience mechanisms.
Establish SLO-based standards for availability, durability, and reliability.
Define KPIs and advanced telemetry, dashboards, and alerting for complex systems.
Apply formal verification techniques such as TLA+ and develop advanced replication and synchronization strategies.
Operational Excellence: Provide technical leadership for complex production issues, incident response, and root cause analysis.
Establish operational readiness and SOP standards across systems and partners.
Design strategies for in-service maintenance and upgrades with minimal customer impact.
Security & Compliance: Architect advanced security controls for multi-tenant environments and lead vulnerability remediation.
Ensure compliance with applicable standards and guide documentation across projects.
Automation & Change Management: Develop and oversee enterprise-level IaC and automation strategies.
Drive automated, reliable patching, upgrades, and rollbacks across interdependent systems.
Planning & Execution: Lead critical, high-impact initiatives, managing timelines, deliverables, resources, and budgets while adapting to changing business priorities.
Collaboration & Partnership: Influence cross-functional leaders and stakeholders to align on strategic objectives and build long-term partnerships. Champion transparency, collaboration, and diverse perspectives.
Problem Solving: Lead advanced problem-solving and serve as an escalation point for complex issues. Drive innovative, data-driven solutions and root cause prevention.
Continuous Learning: Serve as a technical thought leader, applying deep industry expertise and emerging technologies. Promote continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and mentorship across teams.
Continuous Improvement: Drive organization-wide improvements to processes, tools, and workflows. Define metrics to measure effectiveness and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
Performance & Development: Serve as a subject matter expert on talent strategy and development. Provide leadership in candidate assessment, interviews, hiring decisions, and organizational talent development.

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
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
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