Senior Network Control Plane Engineer (Equity Eligible)

Oracle; United States; Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Full benefits

Career growth

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a senior distributed systems engineer to build OCI’s unified network control plane for data centers and the WAN, powering connectivity for its next‑generation cloud services. This role requires deep systems knowledge and hands‑on experience with networking, algorithms, and distributed computing.

You will design, implement, and optimize core control‑plane components, write robust code in Go, C++, Rust, or Java, and mentor engineers while partnering with SRE, hardware, security,

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems or network control planes.
• Strong knowledge of networking (L2/L3, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, SDN, WAN).
• Advanced programming in Go, C++, Rust, or Java.
• Experience delivering production-grade software in cloud or enterprise environments.
• Leadership, mentorship, and delivery in complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain components of OCI’s unified network control plane for data center and WAN.
• Apply expertise to architect resilient, scalable, and highly available control systems.
• Develop and optimize algorithms for network resource management, topology discovery, route computation, and fault recovery.
• Write robust, well-tested code in a systems programming language such as Go, C++, Rust, or Java.
• Own and resolve complex issues in distributed systems, mentoring engineers and leading reviews.
• Partner with SRE, hardware, security, and product teams to ship features end-to-end.

Skills

Distributed systems

Networking

Go

C++

Rust

Java

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/EE or related field

Job description

Oracle is seeking a senior distributed systems engineer to build OCI’s unified network control plane for data centers and the WAN, powering connectivity for its next‑generation cloud services. This role requires deep systems knowledge and hands‑on experience with networking, algorithms, and distributed computing.

You will design, implement, and optimize core control‑plane components, write robust code in Go, C++, Rust, or Java, and mentor engineers while partnering with SRE, hardware, security,