Oracle

Lead Principal Systems Software Engineer

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6 days ago
USA (city not specified)Staff+
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Base Salary

$146k - $306k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define customer-facing and internal management APIs, security boundaries, lifecycle behavior, compatibility, and integration contracts.
  • Design resilient metering and resource-consumption reporting with outage tolerance, asynchronous recovery, and usage correctness.
  • Lead resource reclamation, storage-consumption tracking, disaster recovery, and cross-datacenter peering integrations.
  • Architect Kubernetes as a Service for constrained enterprise environments with proxy, bastion, firewall, high-availability, and operational requirements.
  • Develop ZFS Storage Appliance CSI integrations and implement AI-assisted engineering workflows and training.
  • Own design documentation, code reviews, functional and integration testing, failure testing, observability, secure development, and lifecycle compatibility.
  • Partner with support, operations, security, and engineering teams to resolve customer issues and prevent recurrence.
  • Plan complex engineering work, manage dependencies and risks, mentor engineers, participate in interviews, and contribute to technical reviews.

Requirements

  • Experience architecting cloud control planes, distributed services, and secure REST or HTTP APIs.
  • Strong software development skills in Java, Python, Go, or comparable languages, with hands-on Kubernetes and storage integration experience.
  • Understanding of asynchronous recovery, metering correctness, resource lifecycle management, and enterprise network constraints.
  • Ability to lead technical decisions, implement critical components, and mentor engineers across product and operations boundaries.
  • Demonstrated delivery of complex infrastructure initiatives, clear technical communication, and effective collaboration across distributed teams.
  • Relevant education in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Preferred qualifications include Cloud Infrastructure and Services architecture, Kubernetes CSI development, ZFSSA management, OCI integrations, MCP tooling, and engineering education or enablement.

Benefits

  • US salary range is $146,300 to $306,400 per annum, with potential bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion, plus short- and long-term disability coverage.
  • Life insurance, supplemental dependent life insurance, and AD&D coverage.
  • Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits.
  • 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match.
  • Paid vacation or accrued vacation, 11 paid holidays, paid sick leave, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial planning, group legal, and voluntary auto, homeowner, and pet insurance benefits.
  • US-based employees complete identity verification involving biometric information as part of onboarding, with accommodations potentially available following individualized assessment.
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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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