Principal Software Developer

Oracle•Seattle, WA

23h

About The Position

We are looking for transformational technical leader with expertise and passion in solving difficult problems at the system and data-plane level. We are facing several engineering challenges in critical foundational data-plane services that powers the next gen fast growing OCI cloud. We need you to challenge existing engineering assumptions and boundaries, bring in your expertise in highly performant, reliable, available system engineering to take OCI services to the next level. This is your opportunity to build innovative solutions for our customers from the ground up. Core to this mission is providing light-weight infrastructure by developing container runtime systems and light-weight virtualization for OCI services. We are looking for self-motivated technical leader with passion and expertise in solving challenging distributed system problems. You should be a rock solid developer able to dive deep into low-level systems, design broad distributed system interactions for high performance and scalable Control Plane. You should value simplicity and scale, work comfortably in a collaborative, agile environment, and be excited to learn. With your superb technical, research and analytical capabilities and demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively to delight our customers, you will envision, collaborate with executives for investment and drive the software design and development for new major data-plane components of Oracle’s Cloud Infrastructure. You will define the foundations for the next generation of OCI data-planes, making deep architectural changes calls as an outstanding builder and technical leader with an established industry track record of success in leading large cloud scale projects. As a member of the software engineering division, you will take an active role in the definition and evolution of standard practices and procedures. Define specifications for significant new projects and specify, design and develop software according to those specifications. You will perform professional software development tasks associated with the developing, designing and debugging of software applications or operating systems.

Nice To Haves

Track record of success in startups or dynamic technology-driven enterprises
5+ years of engineering, architecture, and operational experience in cloud-scale environments
Expertise in developing Control Plane components for distributed cloud services
Strong programming skills in Java or Rust
Technical leader and an effective team player with excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal abilities
Adept at navigating complex, fast-evolving software development environments
Quick to learn new technologies, driving and evangelizing process improvements across teams
Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts and technologies
Experience collaborating with geographically distributed teams
Passion for enhancing developer tools through the application of AI technologies

Responsibilities

Define specifications for significant new projects
Specify, design and develop software according to those specifications
Perform professional software development tasks associated with the developing, designing and debugging of software applications or operating systems.

Benefits

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