Oracle

Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

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Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, test, and operate production-grade cloud services.
  • Build large-scale distributed systems with clear APIs, automation, and high availability.
  • Develop scalable workflows for orchestration, automation, provisioning, and lifecycle management.
  • Improve service reliability, observability, performance, security, and operational excellence.
  • Analyze concurrency, state management, failure recovery, idempotency, latency, throughput, retries, and backpressure.
  • Participate in architecture, design, code, and operational readiness reviews.
  • Troubleshoot complex production issues and drive long-term fixes.
  • Collaborate across teams to deliver customer-focused solutions.
  • Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership.

Requirements

  • At least 11 years of software development experience, or 3–7 years depending on the qualifying degree pathway.
  • Strong experience building backend services, large-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or workflow orchestration platforms.
  • Experience designing and operating high-volume, highly available systems with complex failure scenarios.
  • Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as Java or Python.
  • Understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, networking, and system design.
  • Experience designing APIs, service contracts, asynchronous workflows, and production-ready software components.
  • At least 3 years of academic or professional experience with cloud platforms.
  • At least 5 years of system-level testing and automation experience.
  • At least 4 years of experience delivering and operating large-scale distributed systems.
  • Demonstrated skills in automation, scripting, compliance, quality assurance, software test plans, code review, software estimation, data analysis, and embedded systems.
  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant field, or equivalent practical experience.

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits including flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options.
  • Volunteer programs supporting community involvement.
  • Accessibility assistance and accommodations are available throughout the employment process.

Tech Stack

AWSAzureGoogle CloudJavaOracle CloudPython

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Oracle

About Oracle

10,000+ employees

Oracle builds database technology, enterprise applications, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for companies and governments. Its business spans cloud subscriptions, software licenses, and support services across ERP, HCM, CX, and industry suites, plus NetSuite. Founded in 1977 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Oracle is a public company traded on the NYSE and serves global customers migrating and running critical workloads in its cloud.

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