Principal Software Developer(hybrid)

Oracle; United States; On-site; USD 134,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) Savings Plan with company match

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Paid sick leave

Parental leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive technical collaboration across teams and deliver highly visible, mission-critical distributed systems. You should be a strong coder with deep knowledge of software architecture, able to dive into any stack area and mentor junior engineers.

The role emphasizes ownership, architectural influence, and the ability to design broad distributed system interactions while building enhancements within an existing architecture.

Qualifications

• BS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area.
• 7+ years of software engineering or related experience.
• Drive technical collaboration between teams; mentor junior engineers and contribute to mission-critical projects.

Skills

Java

C++

Distributed systems

Microservices

OO design

Data structures

Algorithms

Go

Education

BS degree

Tools

Java

Job description

Principal Software Engineer

As a member of the software engineering division, you will apply basic to intermediate knowledge of software architecture to perform software development tasks associated with developing, debugging or designing software applications or operating systems according to provided design specifications. Build enhancements within an existing software architecture and occasionally suggest improvements to the architecture. Duties and tasks are standard with some variation; displays understanding of roles, processes and procedures. Performs moderately complex problem solving with assistance and guidance in understanding and applying company policies and processes. BS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. 7+ years of software engineering or related experience. In this principal role you will be expected to drive technical collaboration between teams. Junior engineers in the team will be looking to you for technical mentorship. You have architected and executed on highly visible and mission critical projects, bringing your technical expertise to bear. You should be both, a rock-solid coder, and a distributed systems generalist. You should be able to dive deep into any part of the stack as well as design broad distributed system interactions.

Job Description

Principal Software Engineer

As a member of the software engineering division, you will apply basic to intermediate knowledge of software architecture to perform software development tasks associated with developing, debugging or designing software applications or operating systems according to provided design specifications. Build enhancements within an existing software architecture and occasionally suggest improvements to the architecture. Duties and tasks are standard with some variation; displays understanding of roles, processes and procedures. Performs moderately complex problem solving with assistance and guidance in understanding and applying company policies and processes. BS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. 7+ years of software engineering or related experience. In this principal role you will be expected to drive technical collaboration between teams. Junior engineers in the team will be looking to you for technical mentorship. You have architected and executed on highly visible and mission critical projects, bringing your technical expertise to bear. You should be both, a rock-solid coder, and a distributed systems generalist. You should be able to dive deep into any part of the stack as well as design broad distributed system interactions.

Career Level - IC4

Responsibilities

Basic Qualifications:

• Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, & algorithm design, etc
• 7+ years of total experience with software development/ programming experience with at least one object oriented coding language such as Java, C++, C#, Javascript, Go, etc.
• Systematic problem-solving approach, strong communication skills, a sense of ownership, and drive.
• Experienced in building highly-available and scalable distributed services.Experienced with microservice design patterns.Exhibits behaviors consistent with OCI values.

Relocation: Seattle, Bay Area, Austin available.

Qualifications

Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

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

US: Hiring Range: from $94,200 - $223,500 per year. May be eligible for bonus and equity. 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. Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

• 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.

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