Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - Distributed Systems

Oracle Corporation; Seattle, Santa Clara (WA, CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle Corporation seeks an experienced software engineer to design and operate backend services and distributed systems within OCI. You will own services from design through production, focusing on reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.

You will contribute to architecture decisions, build scalable workflows, and mentor others while working with Java or Python in a cloud-first environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on engineering role focused on distributed systems and cloud services.
• Proficiency in Java or Python; strong data structures, algorithms, concurrency, networking, and system design.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, and operate production-grade cloud services.
• Build large-scale distributed systems with clear APIs, automation, and high availability.
• Develop scalable workflows for orchestration, provisioning, and lifecycle management.
• Improve reliability, observability, performance, and security at cloud scale.
• Mentor engineers and participate in design reviews, code reviews, and TROs (operational readiness).
• Collaborate across teams to deliver customer-focused solutions while handling high-volume systems.

Skills

API Development

CI/CD Tools

Distributed Computing

High Availability Systems

Java

System Design

Workflow Software

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Oracle Corporation seeks an experienced software engineer to design and operate backend services and distributed systems within OCI. You will own services from design through production, focusing on reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.

You will contribute to architecture decisions, build scalable workflows, and mentor others while working with Java or Python in a cloud-first environment.