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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Software Developer - **Company:** Oracle - **Location:** Nashville, TN, United States - **Salary:** $99,600.0 - $234,600.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Unit Testing, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Engineering, Code Review, Distributed Systems, Software Engineering, AI Infrastructure, Rust (Programming Language), Containerization, Integration Tests, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Slurm, Network Server, Docker, Golang, Programming Languages - **Published:** June 12, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000g7sesi ## About the Role + BS (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. + 6+ years of experience in software development with programming languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, Go, Rust. + 3 years of experience designing and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, and services. + 1 year of experience providing technical leadership and clarity to cross-functional teams and projects while collaborating across stake holders. + Systematic problem-solving approach, strong communication skills, a sense of ownership, and drive. + Ability to adapt to a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively. Preferred Qualifications + Experience in managing cloud infrastructure with hundreds of thousands of servers. + Experience in containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes. + Experience in scheduling high-performance workloads on Kubernetes or Slurm. ## Description We are looking for a highly skilled distributed systems engineer to scale and optimize AI infrastructure components like GPU control plane and GPU data plane that provide computing resources to customer AI workloads. You will provide technical leadership to the team and bring clarity to ambiguous problems and come up with innovative solutions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance our AI infrastructure to deliver exceptional customer experience and peak performance. Responsibilities + Design and develop solutions to scale and optimize AI compute infrastructure components like GPU control plane and GPU data plane with the goal to optimize customer experience and customer workload performance on our AI infrastructure. + Develop "best-in-class" AI compute infrastructure for our customers by ensuring that the services and the components are well-defined and modularized, secure, reliable, diagnosable, actively monitored, compliant and reusable. + Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including development, operations, and product management, to understand their requirements and design innovative orchestration solutions. + Mentor junior developers and drive modern software engineering practices like leveraging data/telemetry to make decisions, well-defined interfaces across components, design reviews, coding standards, code reviews, and comprehensive coverage from unit test, integration test and active production monitoring. + Develop benchmark metrics and automation to drive and track performance and reliability across customer workload and lower infrastructure stack. ­ ## Related Videos - [Navigating the Corporate Jungle: Life as a Developer in a large Company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/621-navigating-the-corporate-jungle-life-as-a-developer-in-a-large-company) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Running Secure Life Science Research at Scale using Hybrid GPU HPC and Kubernetes 🧬](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100355-running-secure-life-science-research-at-scale-using-hybrid-gpu-hpc-and-kubernetes) - [Go with the Flow: Stop the Leaks Before Your Memory's a Waterfall!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100073-go-with-the-flow-stop-the-leaks-before-your-memory-s-a-waterfall) - [Retooling and refactoring - an investment in people.](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/371-retooling-and-refactoring-an-investment-in-people) - [The Evolving Landscape of Application Development: Insights from Three Years of Research](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1459-the-evolving-landscape-of-application-development-insights-from-three-years-of-research) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [The Best Software Developer Blogs to Read](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/156-the-best-software-developer-blogs-to-read) - [Best Countries for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/267-best-countries-for-software-engineers) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers)