Principal Cloud Platform Engineer – Infra & Automation

Oracle; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 115,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) match

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

Volunteer programs

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer to design, build, and maintain production software powering OCI network deployment and lifecycle management. You’ll develop scalable automation, partner across engineering teams, and lead design discussions for NRB platforms.

You will also drive reliability, CI/CD improvements, and operational excellence while leveraging AI tools to accelerate development and validation efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong software engineering experience in Python, Java, Go, or Rust.
• Experience designing scalable APIs, distributed systems, and service‑oriented architectures.
• Design software architectures that emphasize modularity, extensibility, maintainability, and long‑term operational sustainability.
• Experience building and operating production engineering platforms.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern software development practices.
• Experience supporting Linux‑based production environments.
• Experience designing highly available, resilient, and observable systems.
• Experience using AI‑assisted engineering tools such as Oracle AI, GitHub Copilot, Codex, ChatGPT Enterprise, or similar technologies to improve software development, automation, documentation, and engineering productivity.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain production software supporting OCI network deployment and lifecycle management.
• Build and evolve engineering platforms, APIs, automation services, and operational systems that enable OCI’s global network infrastructure.
• Own software solutions throughout their lifecycle, from architecture and implementation to deployment, operations, and continuous improvement.
• Develop scalable automation using modern programming languages and software engineering practices.
• Partner with Network Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, and Network Automation teams to transform operational challenges into scalable software solutions.
• Design and implement resilient, observable, and highly available platform services.
• Improve platform reliability, scalability, performance, and operational efficiency.
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, deployment workflows, and release processes.
• Troubleshoot production software, infrastructure, and networking issues across distributed systems.
• Lead technical design discussions and contribute to the long‑term architecture of NRB engineering platforms.
• Develop technical documentation, engineering standards, runbooks, and operational best practices.
• Leverage AI‑assisted development tools to accelerate software development, testing, debugging, documentation, and operational workflows while applying sound engineering judgment and validating all outputs.
• Mentor engineers through technical leadership, code reviews, and engineering best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to simplify operations through software and automation.

Skills

Python

Java

Go

Rust

APIs & distributed systems

Linux production

AI-assisted tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/EE or related field

Tools

Git

CI/CD tooling

Automated testing

Oracle AI

GitHub Copilot

Codex

ChatGPT Enterprise

Job description

Oracle is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer to design, build, and maintain production software powering OCI network deployment and lifecycle management. You’ll develop scalable automation, partner across engineering teams, and lead design discussions for NRB platforms.

You will also drive reliability, CI/CD improvements, and operational excellence while leveraging AI tools to accelerate development and validation efforts.