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

Oracle Corporation; United States; Vor Ort; USD 115.000 - 235.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical insurance

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental leave

Commuter benefits

Zusammenfassung

Oracle Corporation in the United States is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer (IC4) for the Network Region Build (NRB) to design and scale software that powers OCI network deployment and lifecycle management.

You will collaborate across Network, Infrastructure, and Automation teams to build resilient, observable platform services, CI/CD pipelines, and tooling. This role involves mentoring engineers and driving automation to improve reliability and performance.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience designing scalable APIs and distributed systems.
• Experience building and operating production engineering platforms.

Aufgaben

• 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.

Kenntnisse

Border Gateway Protocol Routing

Java

Network Interfaces

Network Management

OCI - DNS

Python

REST APIs

TCP/IP Protocol

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Jobbeschreibung

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

• United States


• Austin, TX, United States


• Chicago, IL, United States


• Pittsburgh, PA, United States


• Philadelphia, PA, United States


• Saline, MI, United States

Job Description

What You’ll Do

As a Principal Software Development Engineer, you will:

• 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.

Responsibilities

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.


• 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.

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: 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

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $114,600 to $234,600 per annum. 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.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

• 1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion


• 2. Short term disability and long term disability


• 3. Life insurance and AD&D


• 4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)


• 5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts


• 6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits


• 7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match


• 8. 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.


• 9. 11 paid holidays


• 10. 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.


• 11. Paid parental leave


• 12. Adoption assistance


• 13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan


• 14. Financial planning and group legal


• 15. 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 - IC4

Required Skills

• Border Gateway Protocol Routing


• Java


• Network Interfaces


• Network Management


• OCI - DNS


• Python


• REST APIs


• TCP/IP Protocol

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