Senior Principal Cloud Networking & Storage Architect

Ll Oefentherapie; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 306,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer to lead end-to-end network and storage acceleration initiatives at global scale from Seattle. Build and ship high‑performance cloud services that power mission‑critical workloads.

You will mentor engineers, define standards, and collaborate with product and executive teams to set roadmaps for DPU-based data‑plane architectures, container runtimes, and low‑latency networking.

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 12+ years delivering distributed, mission-critical cloud services at large scale.
• Recognized expertise in writing and reviewing high-quality code in C/C++, Go, or similar languages.
• Exceptional knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and system-level optimization for performance and scale.
• Extensive experience with networking data-plane architectures (DPU-based).
• Expertise in network virtualization, protocols, and distributed systems design.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and architectural leadership across multiple teams and projects; set short- and long-term engineering direction for core initiatives.
• Define and drive execution of foundational services/platforms that impact OCI globally.
• Guide teams in decomposing and solving ambiguous, complex problems—striking a balance between innovation, performance, and reliability.
• Mentor, coach, and develop engineers at all levels; foster a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, architects, and business leaders to define roadmaps and deliver high-impact outcomes.
• Drive rigorous code and design reviews, operational readiness, and best practice adoption across the organization.
• Represent OCI TSO in cross-organization initiatives, executive briefings, and industry forums.

Skills

Networking leadership

C/C++

Go

Linux internals

DPU programming

Architectural leadership

Education

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer to lead end-to-end network and storage acceleration initiatives at global scale from Seattle. Build and ship high‑performance cloud services that power mission‑critical workloads.

You will mentor engineers, define standards, and collaborate with product and executive teams to set roadmaps for DPU-based data‑plane architectures, container runtimes, and low‑latency networking.