Principal Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Automation

Oracle; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 115,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Short/long term disability insurance

Life insurance

401(k) Savings and company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Oracle in the United States seeks a Principal Software Development Engineer to design, develop, and maintain production software for OCI network deployment and lifecycle management. You will build platforms, APIs, automation services, and operations systems enabling Oracle's global network infrastructure.

You will own software solutions from architecture through deployment, improve platform reliability and scalability, and lead technical design discussions while mentoring engineers and advancing

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 environments

AI-assisted engineering tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/SE or related field

Tools

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Automated testing

OpenConfig/NETCONF/gNMI

Job description

Oracle in the United States seeks a Principal Software Development Engineer to design, develop, and maintain production software for OCI network deployment and lifecycle management. You will build platforms, APIs, automation services, and operations systems enabling Oracle's global network infrastructure.

You will own software solutions from architecture through deployment, improve platform reliability and scalability, and lead technical design discussions while mentoring engineers and advancing