Principal Software Development Engineer (IC4) - Network Region Build (NRB)

Oracle; Abilene (TX); On-site; USD 114,600 - 234,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Oracle's NRB team seeks a Principal Software Development Engineer to design, develop, and maintain production software powering OCI network deployment and lifecycle management. You will own services from architecture to deployment, collaborating with networking, infrastructure, and platform teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.

You will drive automation, implement observable, highly available platforms, and guide engineers through code reviews and best practices, while leveraging

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent technical experience.
• Strong software engineering experience in Python, Java, Go, or Rust.
• Experience designing scalable APIs, distributed systems, and SOA.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, automated testing, and modern practices.
• Experience building and operating production engineering platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain production software powering OCI network deployment and lifecycle management.
• Build and evolve engineering platforms, APIs, automation services, and operational systems for OCI's global network.
• Own software solutions from architecture to deployment, operations, and improvement.
• Develop scalable automation using modern programming languages and practices.
• Partner with Network, Infrastructure, and Network Automation teams to deliver scalable software.
• Design and implement resilient, observable, and highly available platform services.
• Improve platform reliability, scalability, performance, and efficiency.
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines, testing, workflows, and release processes.
• Troubleshoot production software, infrastructure, and networking across distributed systems.
• Lead technical design discussions and contribute to NRB engineering architecture.
• Develop technical documentation, standards, runbooks, and best practices.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate software development while ensuring quality.
• Mentor engineers through leadership, reviews, and best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement by simplifying operations via software and automation.

Skills

Python

Java

Go

Rust

APIs

CI/CD

Linux

Distributed systems

AI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE or related field

Tools

Git

Job description

What You’ll Do

• 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.

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for engineers who enjoy building software that powers infrastructure.

Successful candidates are comfortable working across software engineering, systems engineering, infrastructure engineering, and networking. They thrive on building reliable platforms, automating complex operational workflows, and owning services throughout their lifecycle. They are curious, collaborative, and passionate about solving challenging infrastructure problems through software.

Required Qualifications

Software Engineering

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical 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.

Infrastructure Engineering and Networking

• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, IS‑IS, MPLS, IPv4, IPv6, DNS, and DHCP.
• Experience with hyperscale cloud, data center, or service provider networking environments.
• Familiarity with Ethernet switching platforms, network fabrics, optical networking, and large‑scale infrastructure deployments.
• Experience with network automation technologies such as YANG, OpenConfig, NETCONF, gNMI, or similar frameworks.
• Understanding of infrastructure observability, telemetry, monitoring, and operational analytics.

Preferred Experience

• Building and operating hyperscale cloud infrastructure.
• Developing software for infrastructure automation, platform engineering, or developer platforms.
• Experience designing workflow orchestration systems, distributed state machines, or long‑running infrastructure automation.
• Supporting AI or GPU data center deployments.
• Designing and maintaining engineering platforms used by large operational organizations.
• Root cause analysis and production incident response.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management.
• Vendor collaboration and platform integration.
• Driving engineering excellence through automation and continuous improvement.

Work Environment

This role is primarily focused on software development and platform engineering while working closely with Network Engineering teams. Engineers may occasionally travel to OCI data centers to support deployments, validate platform capabilities, troubleshoot production issues, and gain firsthand understanding of the infrastructure their software supports.

Why Join NRB?

The Network Region Build team enables Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s global expansion by building the platforms, automation, and engineering systems that power OCI Regions and AI data centers around the world.
As a Principal Software Development Engineer, you will help define the future of infrastructure engineering by building software that automates and scales one of the world’s largest cloud networks. Your work will directly influence how OCI deploys, operates, and expands the infrastructure powering next‑generation AI workloads while collaborating with world‑class engineers solving some of the industry’s most complex distributed systems and networking challenges.

Qualifications Disclaimer

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.

Salary and Benefits

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $114,600 – $234,600 per year. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short‑term and long‑term disability
• Life insurance and AD & DD
• 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 for salaried employees and accrued Vacation for others; 11 paid holidays; 72 hours of paid sick leave; paid parental leave; adoption assistance; employee stock purchase plan; financial planning and group legal; voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance

Career Level – IC4

Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.