Principal Software Engineer

Oracle•Austin, TX

34d

About The Position

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to lead the development of scalable, resilient, and secure infrastructure systems that underpin the core of OCI's compute platform. This role sits within the Host Provisioning Services (HoPS) team, which owns the critical infrastructure responsible for automating the full server lifecycle from rack integration and hardware bring-up to customer-ready instance provisioning and firmware management. HoPS services operate at the intersection of bare metal hardware and full-stack orchestration frameworks. They interface directly with components like BMCs, NICs, SmartNICs, ILOMs, GPUs, and custom firmware stacks. The team builds microservices and tooling that provision, configure, secure, and validate server platforms across OCI's global fleet. As a Principal Engineer, you will architect and deliver highly available services and automation pipelines that manage server provisioning at hyperscale, enable firmware pinning for deterministic customer environments, and deliver fleet-wide firmware updates and telemetry-based observability. You'll drive solutions to support new silicon (e.g., NVIDIA, AMD, Intel platforms), SmartNIC/HostNIC convergence, RoT security integration, and the evolution of OCI's infrastructure into next-gen clusters and composable hardware environments. You will partner closely with teams across Compute, Networking, Security, Datacenter Engineering, and Hardware Development to ensure OCI can launch, scale, and maintain new server platforms with minimal operational overhead and high reliability. This role is ideal for experienced systems engineers with a deep understanding of operating systems, hardware-software integration, distributed services, and cloud-scale automation. As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow's technology to tackle today's challenges. We've partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector-and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity. We know that true innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That's why we're committed to growing an inclusive workforce that promotes opportunities for all. Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer competitive benefits based on parity and consistency and support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs. We're committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for a disability at any point, let us know by emailing [email protected] or by calling +1 888 404 2494 in the United States. Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

Requirements

Deep understanding of operating systems, hardware-software integration, distributed services, and cloud-scale automation

Responsibilities

Architect and deliver highly available services and automation pipelines that manage server provisioning at hyperscale
Enable firmware pinning for deterministic customer environments
Deliver fleet-wide firmware updates and telemetry-based observability
Drive solutions to support new silicon (e.g., NVIDIA, AMD, Intel platforms), SmartNIC/HostNIC convergence, RoT security integration, and the evolution of OCI's infrastructure into next-gen clusters and composable hardware environments
Partner closely with teams across Compute, Networking, Security, Datacenter Engineering, and Hardware Development to ensure OCI can launch, scale, and maintain new server platforms with minimal operational overhead and high reliability