Senior Principal Software Engineer - DPU Programming

Oracle•Seattle, WA

16d

About The Position

Build the Future of Cloud at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). OCI enables mission-critical applications for the world’s top enterprises, delivering hyper-scale, secure, multi-tenant cloud services across 50+ global regions. As leaders in cloud innovation, OCI is driving transformation with dedicated, hybrid, multi-cloud, and edge computing deployments—redefining what's possible for the cloud ecosystem. Within Technical Strategy and Oversight (TSO), the mission is to maximize customer choice and transparency while delivering high-value cloud solutions. TSO is at the strategic center of OCI’s most ambitious projects—architecting and delivering next-generation platforms and frameworks to empower developers and support groundbreaking cloud services.

Requirements

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
12+ years’ experience delivering distributed, mission-critical cloud services at large scale.
Recognized expertise in writing and reviewing high-quality code in C/C++, Go, or similar languages.
Exceptional knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and system-level optimization for performance and scale.
Extensive experience with networking data-plane architectures (DPU-based).
Expertise in network virtualization, protocols, and distributed systems design.
Proven experience leading operationally critical, Tier-0 platform and infrastructure teams.

Nice To Haves

Deep expertise in Linux internals, distributed system troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
Recognized authority in DPU programming (e.g., P4/Pensando/AMD, DOCA/BlueField) and cutting-edge cloud infrastructure.
Record of publication, open-source leadership, or conference speaking.

Responsibilities

Provide technical and architectural leadership across multiple teams and projects; set short- and long-term engineering direction for core initiatives.
Define and drive execution of foundational services/platforms that impact OCI globally.
Guide teams in decomposing and solving ambiguous, complex problems—striking a balance between innovation, performance, and reliability.
Mentor, coach, and develop engineers at all levels; foster a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement.
Collaborate closely with product managers, architects, and business leaders to define roadmaps and deliver high-impact outcomes.
Drive rigorous code and design reviews, operational readiness, and best practice adoption across the organization.
Represent OCI TSO in cross-organization initiatives, executive briefings, and industry forums.

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