Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer

Oracle; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 306,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) Savings with company match

Paid time off

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Parental leave

Job summary

Oracle is seeking an experienced software engineer to lead the architecture and evolution of highly scalable distributed systems powering OCI Networking. You will shape routing, workload placement, and fleet lifecycle management at cloud scale with a focus on simplicity and reliability.

You will mentor engineers, drive platform services, and collaborate across OCI organizations to deliver robust cloud infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 10+ years building large-scale distributed systems or cloud infrastructure.
• Strong CS fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, concurrency.
• Familiarity with network routing protocols; implementation experience is desirable.
• Experience designing and operating scalable, available services in production.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Distributed systems design

Networking fundamentals

Technical leadership

CI/CD pipelines

Education

BS/MS in CS/Engineering

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Networking protocols

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're rearchitecting OCI's routing foundation from the ground up to support the next generation of networking services. This is a unique opportunity to influence the architecture of one of the world's largest cloud networking platforms. We’re looking for engineers with strong computer science fundamentals, a deep understanding of networking and routing, and a passion for building large-scale distributed systems to join our technical leadership team.

Our team develops the core infrastructure that powers OCI Networking’s data plane, solving complex challenges in routing, workload placement, and fleet management at cloud scale. You’ll collaborate across OCI Networking and Infrastructure teams to shape the future of 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 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.

You should value simplicity and scale, thrive in a collaborative environment, and enjoy solving challenging distributed systems problems.

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 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.
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Qualifications

Disclaimer:

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.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only.

Compensation

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

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.

Benefits

• 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 - IC5

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