Senior Principal Member of Technical Staff (OCI Gateways - NGINX)

Oracle•Seattle, WA

About The Position

Design, develop, troubleshoot and debug software components built in ngnix. Career Level - IC5 Responsibilities As a Senior Principal Software Engineer / Consulting Member of Technical Staff, you will work with teams of software engineers responsible for the software design, development, and operations for our new and existing products. You should be able to architect broad systems interactions, be hands-on, be able to dive deep into any part of the stack and have a good sense of cloud infrastructure and networking knowledge. You should value simplicity and impact, work comfortably in a collaborative, agile environment, and be excited to learn. Our Senior Principal engineers are also the people who can work independently and provide technical leadership to the broader organization. You should have experience developing and operating high-scale services, and an understanding of how to make these cloud-scale services resilient. The ideal candidate will be technically strong and productive; someone who knows how to balance speed and quality with iterative and incremental improvements. You understand operational excellence and know-how to infuse a culture of being proactive within your team. You recommend and justify major changes to new and existing products and establish consensus with data-driven approaches.

Requirements

BS or MS degree in Computer Science or relevant technical field involving coding or equivalent practical experience
10+ years of total experience in software development
Demonstrated ability to write great code using C, GoLang, C#, or similar OO languages
Proven ability to deliver products and experience with the full software development lifecycle
Experience building and troubleshooting ngnix modules in high scale applications
Experience working on large-scale, highly distributed services infrastructure
Experience working in an operational environment with mission-critical tier-one livesite servicing
Systematic problem-solving approach, strong communication skills, a sense of ownership, and drive
Experience designing architectures that demonstrate deep technical depth in one area, or span many products, to enable high availability, scalability, market-leading features and flexibility to meet future business demands

Nice To Haves

Experience as technical lead on a large scale cloud service
Hands-on experience developing and maintaining services on a public cloud platform (e.g., AWS, Azure, Oracle)
Experience working on Kubernetes
Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IAC) languages, preferably Terraform
Strong knowledge of databases (SQL and NoSQL)
Strong knowledge of Computer Networking (OSI layers, HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, DHCP, Routers, Gateways, Subnets, etc.)
Knowledge of Linux internals, Linux/Unix troubleshooting skills
Familiarity with host virtualization technologies (KVM, Containers, Docker, etc.)
Able to effectively communicate technical ideas verbally and in writing (technical proposals, design specs, architecture diagrams and presentations)
Experience with hiring, mentorship and raising the talent bar across the organization

Responsibilities

Design, develop, troubleshoot and debug software components built in ngnix.
Work with teams of software engineers responsible for the software design, development, and operations for our new and existing products.
Architect broad systems interactions.
Dive deep into any part of the stack.
Provide technical leadership to the broader organization.
Develop and operate high-scale services.
Recommend and justify major changes to new and existing products and establish consensus with data-driven approaches.

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