Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer

Oracle • Austin, TX

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About The Position

As a Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer, you will own the software design and development for major components of Oracle’s Cloud Infrastructure. You should be a rock-solid developer, driven problem solver and have experience supporting large scale data planes. You should be well versed in design and techniques to debug and dive deep on low level systems such as networking architecture, Docker, and Terraform as well as having broad knowledge on distributed systems. As a Senior engineer the expectation is that you are a team player and leader who is not afraid to step into mentorship and take point on complex design and operational challenges. As the team continues to move forward in the use of agentic AI deveopment it is expected that you will help lead the team as it transitions into the future of software development.

Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience delivering and operating large scale, highly available distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge and interest in AI adoption including prompt engineering and agentic programming, with ChatGPT and Codex experience a plus.
• Strong knowledge of a base language such as Java, with a preference for functional programming language such as Scala.
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems fundamentals.
• Experience with tools such as Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.
• Deep knowledge with networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP) and network architectures.
• Ability to design, troubleshoot and maintain networking infrastructure for high throughput use cases.
• Strong understanding of databases, storage, and distributed persistence technologies.
• Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience building multi-tenant, virtualized infrastructure a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the software design and development for major components of Oracle’s Cloud Infrastructure.
• Support large scale data planes.
• Debug and dive deep on low level systems such as networking architecture, Docker, and Terraform.
• Apply broad knowledge on distributed systems.
• Act as a team player and leader.
• Provide mentorship.
• Take point on complex design and operational challenges.
• Help lead the team in the transition to agentic AI 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
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed