Lead Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer

Oracle; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 135,200 - 306,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Paid time off and vacation accrual

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a seasoned professional to join their Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Networking team in Austin, Texas. The role involves leading the architecture and design of scalable distributed systems, driving technical direction, and mentoring engineers. Candidates should have over 10 years of experience in cloud infrastructure and distributed systems.

This position offers a competitive salary range of $135,200 to $306,400 annually, along with comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) matching, and generous paid time off.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.
• Strong fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, and software design.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and release automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and design of systems that power OCI Networking.
• Drive the technical direction of control and management services.
• Mentor engineers and influence architectural decisions.

Skills

Designing and building large-scale distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Networking software

Technical leadership

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Job Description

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Networking is the foundation that enables customers to run mission-critical workloads at global cloud scale. We are rearchitecting OCI’s network control and management systems from the ground up to support the next generation of networking services. Join our technical leadership team to influence the architecture of one of the world’s largest cloud networking platforms and build large-scale distributed systems that power OCI Networking.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, implementation, and evolution of highly scalable distributed systems that power OCI Networking.
• Drive the technical direction of critical control and management services supporting network configuration management and propagation to network dataplanes.
• 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.

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 configuration management 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.

Compensation and Benefits

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $135,200 – $306,400 per year. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Life insurance and AD&DD
• 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 and vacation accrual details
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave, parental leave, adoption assistance, employee stock purchase plan, financial planning and group legal, voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

Compliance and Additional Information

Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.

Legal Notice

Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.