Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer

ARCHER; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Short-Term Disability Insurance

Long-Term Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

AD&D Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Commuter And Parking Benefits

401(K) Plan With Company Match

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Parental Leave

Adoption Assistance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Financial Planning

Group Legal Benefits

Voluntary Auto Insurance

Homeowner Insurance

Pet Insurance

Bonus

Equity

Compensation Deferral

Job summary

ARCHER is seeking a Senior Architect to lead the architecture, design, implementation, and evolution of scalable distributed systems powering OCI Networking, including services for routing, workload placement, and fleet lifecycle management.

You will set technical direction, collaborate across ARCHER teams, mentor engineers, and promote robust architecture and operational practices to maintain high availability and reliability.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, networking software, or systems software.
• Strong computer science fundamentals and experience operating highly available production services.
• Familiarity with routing protocols, CI/CD and deployment workflows.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, implementation, and evolution of scalable distributed systems powering OCI Networking.
• Set technical direction and collaborate across teams, mentoring engineers and promoting strong architecture and operational practices.
• Drive deployment workflows, fleet lifecycle management, and high availability strategies.
• Operate and improve highly available production services with emphasis on reliability and performance.

Skills

Distributed Systems

Cloud Infrastructure

Networking

Network Routing Protocols

Routing

Algorithms

Data Structures

Concurrency

Software Design

CI/CD Pipelines

Release Automation

Deployment Workflows

High Availability

Technical Leadership

Mentoring

Fleet Management

Job description

Lead the architecture, design, implementation, and evolution of scalable distributed systems powering OCI Networking, including services for routing, workload placement, and fleet lifecycle management. Set technical direction, collaborate across Oracle teams, mentor engineers, and promote strong architecture and operational practices.

Requirements: Requires 10 or more years of experience building large-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, networking software, or systems software, along with strong computer science fundamentals and experience operating highly available production services. Candidates should have familiarity with routing protocols, CI/CD and deployment workflows, demonstrated technical leadership, and a bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience.

Key Skills

• Distributed Systems


• Cloud Infrastructure


• Networking


• Network Routing Protocols


• Routing


• Algorithms


• Data Structures


• Concurrency


• Software Design


• CI/CD Pipelines


• Release Automation


• Deployment Workflows


• High Availability


• Technical Leadership


• Mentoring


• Fleet Management

Benefits

• Medical Insurance


• Dental Insurance


• Vision Insurance


• Short-Term Disability Insurance


• Long-Term Disability Insurance


• Life Insurance


• Accidental Death And Dismemberment Insurance


• Flexible Spending Accounts


• Commuter And Parking Benefits


• 401(K) Plan With Company Match


• Paid Time Off


• Paid Holidays


• Paid Sick Leave


• Paid Parental Leave


• Adoption Assistance


• Employee Stock Purchase Plan


• Financial Planning


• Group Legal Benefits


• Voluntary Auto Insurance


• Homeowner Insurance


• Pet Insurance


• Bonus


• Equity


• Compensation Deferral