Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure
About The Position
Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Networking team builds large-scale, distributed Infrastructure-as-a-Service technologies for a multi-tenant cloud environment. The Senior Software Engineer will help design and develop major OCI components, including highly scalable and customizable networking services that provide predictable performance, isolation, and availability. The role focuses on distributed systems, rapid region builds, network orchestration, and reliable services that protect customer cloud environments while enabling new customer options and business growth. The team is rebuilding its distributed system as a workflow and developing new technologies in response to fast business growth. This work requires sound engineering tradeoffs, effective communication, and crisp execution. The successful candidate will contribute as both a strong coder and a distributed systems generalist, working across stack layers and systems while designing broad distributed interactions. The role includes technical leadership, collaboration across teams, mentoring, and shaping architectural strategy. The posting also calls for an interest in AI adoption, including prompt engineering and agentic programming, with ChatGPT and Codex experience.
Requirements
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science or a relevant technical field involving coding, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 5 years of total experience in software development.
- Demonstrated ability to write high-quality code using Java, GoLang, C#, or similar object-oriented languages.
- Proven ability to deliver products and experience with the full software development lifecycle.
- Experience working on large-scale, highly distributed services infrastructure.
- Experience working in an operational environment with mission-critical tier-one live-site 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, enabling high availability, scalability, market-leading features, and flexibility for future business demands.
Nice To Haves
- Hands-on experience developing and maintaining services on a public cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or Oracle.
- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code languages, preferably Terraform.
- Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Experience with Kafka, Apache Spark, and other big data technologies.
Responsibilities
- Design, architect, and build large-scale distributed systems that enable rapid region builds and network orchestration across OCI.
- Drive development of services and frameworks that simplify complex networking challenges at scale.
- Collaborate across multiple OCI teams to design unified, automated, and observable systems.
- Lead technical direction for high-impact projects, mentor engineers, and shape design reviews with simplicity and resilience in mind.
- Improve service reliability, latency, and operational automation through intelligent tooling, metrics, and self-healing systems.
- Partner with senior leadership to influence architectural strategy and guide OCI's region-build roadmap.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
- Apply an interest in AI adoption, including prompt engineering and agentic programming, with ChatGPT and Codex experience.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion.
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
- Life insurance and AD&D.
- Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children.
- 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, including flexible or accrued vacation depending on employee eligibility and position.
- 11 paid holidays.
- Paid sick leave: 72 hours upon hire, refreshed each calendar year, with unused balance carried over up to a 112-hour cap.
- Paid parental leave.
- Adoption assistance.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Financial planning and group legal benefits.
- Voluntary benefits, including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance.
- The posting states the role may be eligible for bonus and equity.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
