Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer

Oracle•Seattle, WA

About The Position

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on solving complex distributed systems problems, writing high-quality code, and owning services from design through production. The engineer will work with engineers, product managers, and operators to deliver reliable, secure, and scalable cloud services for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The role focuses on reliability, scalability, performance, and operational excellence, and includes contributing to architecture discussions, making pragmatic technical decisions, and building systems that are scalable, simple to operate, and easy to evolve. As a member of the software engineering division, the engineer will actively contribute to defining and evolving standard practices and procedures. The role also calls for thoughtful technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and raising engineering standards. Oracle US provides a comprehensive benefits package. Salary and benefit information in the posting applies to the stated locations. The US hiring range is $114,600 to $234,600 per annum, with possible bonus, equity, and compensation deferral. The role generally accepts applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or while it remains posted. US-based employees must complete identity verification involving collection and processing of biometric information; accommodations may be granted after an individualized assessment.

Requirements

Strong experience building backend services, large-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or workflow orchestration platforms.
Experience designing and operating systems that handle high volume, high availability, and complex failure scenarios.
Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as Java or Python.
Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, networking, and system design.
Experience designing APIs, service contracts, asynchronous workflows, and production-ready software components.
Familiarity with cloud platforms, containerized services, CI/CD, observability, and operational practices.
Ability to reason about reliability, latency, scalability, state transitions, retries, backpressure, and trade-offs.
Strong communication skills and a collaborative engineering mindset.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, test, and operate production-grade cloud services.
Build large-scale distributed systems with clear APIs, strong automation, and high availability.
Develop scalable workflows for orchestration, automation, provisioning, and lifecycle management.
Improve service reliability, observability, performance, and security at cloud scale.
Reason about concurrency, state management, failure recovery, idempotency, latency, and throughput.
Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and operational readiness reviews.
Troubleshoot complex production issues and drive long-term fixes.
Collaborate across teams to deliver customer-focused solutions.
Mentor engineers and raise the engineering bar through thoughtful technical leadership.
Take an active role in defining and evolving standard practices and procedures.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion.
Short-term and long-term disability.
Life insurance and AD&D.
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, including flexible vacation for eligible salaried employees and accrued vacation for other eligible employees.
11 paid holidays.
Paid sick leave: 72 hours upon hire, refreshing each calendar year, with unused balance carrying over up to a 112-hour maximum.
Paid parental leave.
Adoption assistance.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Financial planning and group legal benefits.
Voluntary auto, homeowner, and pet insurance.
May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.