Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer

Oracle
Austin, United States of America
6 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Santa Clara, United States of America

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence
Application Release Automation
Cloud Computing
Computer Networks
Continuous Integration
Data Structures
Distributed Systems
Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
Software Engineering
System Software
Network Routing
Delivery Pipeline
Concurrency
Information Technology
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Job description

As a Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer, you will:

  • Lead the architecture, design, implementation, and evolution of highly scalable distributed systems that power OCI Networking.
  • Drive the technical direction of critical platform services supporting routing, workload placement, and fleet lifecycle management.
  • Partner across OCI organizations to build reliable, scalable, and operable cloud infrastructure.
  • Mentor engineers, influence architectural decisions, and raise the engineering bar through technical leadership, design reviews, and operational excellence.

You should value simplicity and scale, thrive in a collaborative environment, and enjoy solving challenging distributed systems problems.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience designing and building large-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, networking software, or systems software.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals, including algorithms, data structures, concurrency, distributed systems, and software design.
  • Strong familiarity with network routing protocols; implementation experience is highly desirable.
  • Experience building and operating modern CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and deployment workflows for large-scale distributed systems.
  • Experience designing, building, and operating highly available, production-grade distributed services at scale.
  • Demonstrated technical leadership, including driving architecture, mentoring engineers, and leading cross-team technical initiatives.
  • BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Only Oracle brings together the data, infrastructure, applications, and expertise to power everything from industry innovations to life-saving care. And with AI embedded across our products and services, we help customers turn that promise into a better future for all. Discover your potential at a company leading the way in AI and cloud solutions that impact billions of lives.

About the company

 Oracle offers integrated suites of applications plus secure, autonomous infrastructure in the Oracle Cloud. For more information about Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), please visit us at www.oracle.com.

Our mission is to help people see data in new ways, discover insights, unlock endless possibilities.

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