Senior Software Development Engineer (OCI)

Oracle • Nashville, TN

3d • Onsite

About The Position

At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we are redefining how enterprises move, modernize, and operate their most critical workloads in the cloud. As part of a diverse team of innovators, builders, and problem-solvers, we combine the agility and entrepreneurial spirit of a startup with the scale, stability, and customer focus of one of the world’s leading technology companies. OCI’s values are the foundation of everything we do. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives drive innovation, collaboration fuels success, and every employee is empowered to grow professionally and personally. We challenge ourselves to think boldly, learn continuously, and build solutions that make a meaningful impact for our customers around the world. As a member of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, you will help build and operate a suite of large-scale cloud services running in a globally distributed, multi-tenant environment. OCI delivers industry-leading compute, storage, networking, database, security, and platform services that power mission-critical applications for enterprises across every industry. The Oracle Cloud Migration (OCM) team is responsible for building the next generation of cloud migration services that help customers seamlessly move applications, databases, and infrastructure workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Our mission is to simplify and accelerate cloud adoption by delivering scalable, reliable, and secure migration solutions that reduce complexity and enable customer success. As part of the OCM team, you will work on highly scalable distributed systems, automation platforms, migration orchestration services, and developer experiences that enable customers to migrate workloads efficiently and confidently. You will collaborate with engineers across OCI to solve complex technical challenges while helping shape the future of enterprise cloud transformation.

Requirements

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or related technical field or relevant work experience.
• 6+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Go, and/or Python.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining distributed systems at scale.
• Experience developing cloud services, APIs, or backend platforms.
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation technologies such as Terraform and cloud-native development practices.
• Experience troubleshooting complex systems and debugging production issues.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across teams.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen - visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Nice To Haves

• Experience building large-scale cloud infrastructure or platform services.
• Experience with cloud migration, workload modernization, or infrastructure automation technologies.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of networking, security, storage, and distributed systems concepts.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, and operational excellence practices.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps methodologies.
• Experience working in large-scale, highly available cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and operate cloud-native services and distributed systems that support large-scale migration workflows.
• Build reliable and scalable backend services using modern software engineering practices.
• Develop automation and orchestration capabilities that simplify migration of applications, databases, and infrastructure to OCI.
• Collaborate across engineering teams to integrate migration services with OCI platform capabilities.
• Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to technical design decisions that improve scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Troubleshoot production issues and drive operational excellence through monitoring, observability, and continuous improvement.
• Write high-quality, maintainable code and contribute to code reviews, testing strategies, and engineering best practices.
• Partner with product managers, architects, and fellow engineers to deliver innovative solutions that address customer migration challenges.

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 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
• 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
• Relocation Assistance provided.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree