Oracle

Lead Principal Systems Software Engineer

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2 months ago
Nashville, TN, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$146k - $306k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Bring up and harden Oracle Linux across ARM-, Intel-, and AMD-based embedded platforms.
  • Develop secure production-ready platform images and OS and firmware-update solutions.
  • Contribute to and extend the Linux kernel, U-Boot, and ATF open-source software.
  • Collaborate with silicon, board, hardware, firmware, security, infrastructure, and platform teams and external vendors.
  • Define and evolve hardware provisioning solutions for next-generation platforms and large-scale cloud fleets.
  • Lead system firmware integration, hardware bring-up, failure analysis, and systemic improvements for provisioning and systems software.
  • Establish technical standards and architectural direction across server, storage, networking, and GPU subsystems.
  • Lead software design, foundational coding, architecture reviews, code reviews, testing, quality assurance, and software lifecycle improvements.
  • Improve error logging, monitoring, observability, performance, security, availability, reliability, and diagnosability.
  • Mentor engineers and serve as a subject matter expert across teams.

Requirements

  • The posting emphasizes deep knowledge of instruction set architectures and chipsets across ARM, Intel, and AMD platforms.
  • Hands-on experience with Linux platform software, firmware, embedded hardware bring-up, provisioning, and production systems is required by the described responsibilities.
  • Experience collaborating with silicon and hardware vendors on reference code, firmware updates, and firmware enablement is relevant to the role.
  • Ability to lead architecture, design, code, and process reviews and provide technical direction across teams is required by the role scope.
  • Ability to troubleshoot highly complex systems software, hardware provisioning, API integration, and platform reliability issues is required.
  • The role requires mentoring engineers and leading cross-functional initiatives spanning engineering, operations, and global data centers.
  • U.S.-based or U.S. customer-facing work may be subject to applicable immunization, occupational health, or drug-testing requirements.

Benefits

  • U.S. base salary range is $146,300 to $306,400 per year, with possible bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
  • Medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, AD&D, and supplemental life insurance are provided.
  • Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts and pre-tax commuter and parking benefits are available.
  • The package includes a 401(k) plan with company match, paid vacation, 11 paid holidays, paid sick leave, and paid parental leave.
  • Additional benefits include adoption assistance, an employee stock purchase plan, financial planning, group legal services, and voluntary auto, homeowner, and pet insurance.
  • This is a full-time IC5 role; the posting generally accepts applications for at least three calendar days or while it remains posted.

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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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