Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer - Cloud-Scale Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401k with match

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer to design and build scalable software capabilities that support infrastructure demand and capacity planning.

You will work closely with Software Developers, ML Engineers, Data Scientists, and product stakeholders to translate complex planning requirements into production‑quality software, providing technical leadership across architecture, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• Eight or more years of professional software development experience.
• Experience designing distributed systems and data-intensive applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and implementation of scalable services.
• Translate requirements into well-defined technical designs and plans.
• Develop backend services, APIs, and data-processing workflows.
• Mentor engineers and drive engineering standards.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

C++

Data structures

Distributed systems

APIs/microservices

SQL

Linux

CI/CD

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/CE/EE

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

OCI

Job description

Oracle is seeking a Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer to design and build scalable software capabilities that support infrastructure demand and capacity planning.

You will work closely with Software Developers, ML Engineers, Data Scientists, and product stakeholders to translate complex planning requirements into production‑quality software, providing technical leadership across architecture, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations.