Senior Principal Software Engineer

As a Senior Principal software engineer for the OCI Load balancing service, you will design and develop distributed systems software, collaborating with partner teams and our customers. You will define the technical architecture for now and the future. You will invent and innovate to solve today's technical challenges and to scale for 10x growth. You will mentor and guide other software engineers in the organization. You will advise your leadership on technical aspects of the service.

Career Level - IC5

Key Responsibilities

• Own the software design and development for major components of Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure Load balancing service, building new capabilities that customers need and capabilities to power 10x growth in the service.
• Drive operational excellence and best practices to ensure high availability, fault tolerant self-healing systems and automation.
• Deep dive into any part of the stack to root cause issues and ensure resilient and fault tolerant systems.
• Value simplicity and scale, work comfortably in a collaborative, agile environment, and be hands-on when needed.
• Mentor and guide engineers in the organization to scale high quality technical decision making.
• Actively collaborate with partner teams and stakeholders in OCI Networking and with service teams across OCI, keeping customer first.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• 10 years of software development experience
• 3 years of experience designing and developing distributed systems applications
• Familiar with Networking protocols and networking architecture
• Proficiency in at least one high level languages: Java, C , C#.
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and operating systems
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-a-Service platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
  
  

Disclaimer

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $96,800 to $251,600 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle’s differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• 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: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
  
  

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

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