Principal Software Engineer — Distributed Systems Leader

Oracle; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 94,200 - 223,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) Savings and Investment Plan

Paid time off

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Parental leave

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join the software engineering division. You will apply deep knowledge of software architecture to develop, debug and design scalable applications and distributed systems, guiding teams and mentoring junior engineers.

You will drive technical collaboration across disciplines, own critical projects, and dive into the stack to craft robust, high-performance solutions that align with Oracle's standards and strategic goals.

Qualifications

• BS degree or equivalent experience in software engineering.
• 7+ years of software engineering or related experience.
• Experience architecting and delivering mission-critical distributed systems.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and drive cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical collaboration between teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide guidance.
• Architect and deliver on mission-critical distributed systems.
• Dive deep into stack and design broad distributed system interactions.

Skills

Object-oriented design

Distributed systems

Java

C++

C#

JavaScript

Go

Problem solving

Mentorship

Education

BS degree or equivalent

Job description

Oracle is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join the software engineering division. You will apply deep knowledge of software architecture to develop, debug and design scalable applications and distributed systems, guiding teams and mentoring junior engineers.

You will drive technical collaboration across disciplines, own critical projects, and dive into the stack to craft robust, high-performance solutions that align with Oracle's standards and strategic goals.