Principal Software Development Engineer (OCI)

Job Description At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we build the future of the cloud for Enterprises as a diverse team of fellow creators and inventors. We act with the speed and attitude of a start-up, with the scale and customer-focus of the leading enterprise software company in the world.

Values are OCI’s foundation and how we deliver excellence. We strive for equity, inclusion, and respect for all. We are committed to the greater good in our products and our actions. We are constantly learning and taking opportunities to grow our careers and ourselves. We challenge each other to stretch beyond our past to build our future.

You are the builder here. You will be part of a team of really smart, motivated, and diverse people and given the autonomy and support to do your best work. It is a dynamic and flexible workplace where you’ll belong and be encouraged.

We're looking for a Principal Software Development Engineer to help us build new service for our customers, operate our service and improve our engineering process.

As a member of the OCI Platform Service team, you will work with our product team and other engineering teams to define new features for our customers. You'll design those features and then write code to build and operate them. You will help operate our service, troubleshoot problems and generally support our customers. You'll provide technical and project leadership to other software engineers on our team.

You'll bring 8+ years of software engineering or related experience. You've built and operated cloud services. You have strong development experience with an Object Oriented Language. You demonstrate strong ownership, solid communication skills and a bias for action. You're comfortable leading projects and leading other engineers.

Career Level - IC4

*** This team is targeting candidates who can work ONSITE in Nashville-TN (priority location - 5 days/week) or Austin-TX (secondary location). Relocation Assistance provided. (This is NOT a remote position). ***

Responsibilities In this role you will :

• Own and develop set of features available through the service.
• Mentor junior software engineers in the team.
• Solve difficult problems in distributed systems, infrastructure, and highly available services.
• Collaborate with Platform Engineering, Business Partners, and the Operations Engineering organization to deliver a highly available product to our customers.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience delivering and operating large software systems at scale.
• Proficient in Java and at least one of the following scripting languages (Python, Go).
• Experience building scalable, cloud native distributed systems.
• Ability to work in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment.
• Understanding of REST Architecture and JSON.
• Able to effectively communicate technical ideas verbally and in writing.
• Experience with production operations and best practices for putting quality code in production and troubleshoot issues when they arise.

Qualifications 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 - $223,400 per year. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

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.

Career Level - IC4

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