Compute Platform & Control Plane Architect

Oracle; United States; On-site; USD 170,000 - 355,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) Savings and Investment Plan w/

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Paid parental leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a Software Architect for Compute Platform and Control Plane to shape the architecture and technical direction of the core software powering our cloud infrastructure.

This senior IC will work across provisioning, scheduling, lifecycle management, fleet orchestration, APIs, and distributed systems to scale compute platforms for hyperscale workloads, collaborating with engineers, product teams, and infrastructure organizations.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software engineering, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or large-scale platform development.
• Deep expertise in software architecture and distributed systems.
• Strong experience designing and operating large-scale, highly available services.
• Significant experience with cloud infrastructure or large-scale infrastructure platforms.
• Strong understanding of control-plane architecture, service APIs, state management, orchestration, and automation.
• Experience designing systems for scalability, reliability, fault tolerance, and operational efficiency.
• Ability to reason across large and complex software systems and identify architectural simplifications.
• Proven ability to influence technical direction across multiple engineering teams and organizations.
• Strong programming and systems fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the architecture of the core compute software platform.
• Lead architectural decisions across compute provisioning, scheduling, and placement.
• Drive reliability, fault tolerance, and system scaling.
• Collaborate with engineers, product teams, and leadership across orgs.
• Mentor engineers and influence architectural direction across teams.
• Identify modernization opportunities with pragmatic approaches.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Software architecture

Systems design

Programming

Influence technical direction

Leadership

Scale systems

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in CS or related

Job description

Oracle is seeking a Software Architect for Compute Platform and Control Plane to shape the architecture and technical direction of the core software powering our cloud infrastructure.

This senior IC will work across provisioning, scheduling, lifecycle management, fleet orchestration, APIs, and distributed systems to scale compute platforms for hyperscale workloads, collaborating with engineers, product teams, and infrastructure organizations.