Lead Principal Platform Architect - Cloud Networking

Ll Oefentherapie; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 135,200 - 306,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) Savings with company match

Paid time off

Stock Purchase Plan

Parental leave

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer for OCI Networking in Santa Clara. You will architect and build highly scalable distributed systems powering routing, workload placement, and fleet lifecycle management, collaborating with OCI teams to shape cloud infrastructure.

You will mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions, and raise the bar for operational excellence while delivering production-grade services with strong CS fundamentals and CI/CD discipline.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in large-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, networking software, or systems software.
• Strong computer science fundamentals: algorithms, data structures, concurrency, distributed systems, and software design.
• Experience 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, implementation, and evolution of highly scalable distributed systems powering OCI Networking.
• Drive the technical direction of 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.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Networking software

CI/CD pipelines

Technical leadership

Mentoring engineers

Cross-team collaboration

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Release automation

Job description

Oracle is seeking a Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer for OCI Networking in Santa Clara. You will architect and build highly scalable distributed systems powering routing, workload placement, and fleet lifecycle management, collaborating with OCI teams to shape cloud infrastructure.

You will mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions, and raise the bar for operational excellence while delivering production-grade services with strong CS fundamentals and CI/CD discipline.