Software Developer 5

Oracle•United States,

21h•$135,200 - $306,400

About The Position

Oracle is seeking an experienced Consulting Member of Technical Staff (CMTS) to join the RAC Development organization. In this role, you will contribute to the architecture, design, implementation, performance optimization, and scalability engineering of Oracle RAC and related high-availability technologies. As a senior individual contributor, you will work on some of the most challenging problems in distributed systems, including cluster coordination, concurrency control, fault tolerance, workload management, and cloud-scale database infrastructure. A significant focus of the role is ensuring Oracle RAC continues to deliver industry-leading performance and scalability across increasingly demanding workloads and deployment sizes. You will identify and eliminate system bottlenecks, optimize critical code paths, and drive innovations that improve throughput, latency, efficiency, and scale. Working closely with development, quality assurance, performance engineering, cloud operations, and support teams, you will help shape the future of Oracle's clustered database technology.

Requirements

Experience in distributed systems, cluster coordination, concurrency control, fault tolerance, workload management, and cloud-scale database infrastructure.
Proficiency in C/C++ and related systems programming technologies.
Experience with performance analysis, benchmarking, and scalability testing.
Experience with profiling, tracing, and observability tools.
Experience in root-cause analysis of complex performance and availability issues.
Experience collaborating with engineering teams (OCI, Exadata) for performance optimization.
Experience leading technical design discussions and contributing to product strategy.
Experience mentoring junior engineers and providing technical leadership.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Oracle RAC and related high-availability technologies.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and enhance core Oracle RAC functionality and cluster infrastructure.
Drive architecture and implementation of distributed systems features focused on scalability, availability, and performance.
Analyze workload behavior and identify bottlenecks in cluster communication, synchronization, cache fusion, and resource management.
Design and implement enhancements that improve throughput, latency, scalability, and resource efficiency for large-scale database deployments.
Develop robust, maintainable, and highly reliable code primarily in C/C++ and related systems programming technologies.
Investigate and resolve complex software issues across large-scale clustered database environments.
Lead performance analysis, benchmarking, and scalability testing efforts for RAC components and infrastructure.
Collaborate with OCI and Exadata engineering teams to optimize RAC performance in cloud and engineered systems environments.
Perform root-cause analysis of complex customer-reported performance and availability issues and drive long-term solutions.
Use profiling, tracing, and observability tools to identify opportunities for system-wide performance improvements.
Lead technical design discussions and contribute to strategic product direction.
Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership across teams.
Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and architecture reviews.
Author technical specifications, design documents, and operational guidance.