Senior Principal Software Engineer

Oracle Corporation; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle in Nashville seeks a Sr. Principal Member of Technical Staff to define requirements for OCI storage infrastructure services, lead design, write code, and mentor junior engineers.

You will collaborate with product management and other senior engineers, explain complex concepts clearly, and champion simplicity and scale in a fast-paced, agile environment. Expertise in distributed systems, high-performance networking, and cloud platforms (OCI/AWS/GCP/Azure) is a plus, as are C/C++ and Python

Qualifications

• 10+ years delivering and operating large scale distributed systems.
• Strong background in distributed storage systems, filesystems and databases is a plus.
• Experience with high-throughput I/O architectures and high-performance networking is a plus.
• Expertise in one or more Public Cloud offerings (OCI, AWS, GCP, Azure) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define requirements for OCI storage infrastructure services with senior engineers and product management.
• Contribute to design and architecture; implement proofs of concept.
• Write and review code, and develop test automation.
• Mentor junior engineers and model core team values in a fast-paced, agile environment.

Skills

Distributed systems

Mentoring

Communication

Team leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

C/C++

Python

Java

Job description

As a Sr. Principal Member of Technical Staff, you will work with other senior engineers and product management to define requirements for OCI’s storage infrastructure services. Expertise in one or more Public Cloud offerings is a plus. You will be expected to make substantial contributions towards our design and architecture and will implement proof of concepts. You have excellent communication skills and can clearly explain complex technical concepts. As a technical leader on your team, you will mentor and demonstrate core values for other more junior engineers. You will write code, review code written by your peers, and write test automations. You should value simplicity and scale, work comfortably in a collaborative, agile environment, and be excited to learn.

Qualifications

• 10+ year’s experience delivering and operating large scale, highly available distributed systems.
• Experience with distributed storage systems, filesystems and databases is a strong plus
• Strong proficiency with C and C++. Python and/or Java is a plus.
• Expertise in one or more Public Cloud offerings (OCI, AWS, GCP, Azure) is a plus.
• Experience with other high-throughput I/O architectures like DAOS/SPDK is a strong plus.
• Background in RMDA and high-performance networking (SmartNICs, NVMe/TCP, RoCEv2) is a plus.
• Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks (Tensorflow/Keras, PyTorch, Scikit-Learn, XGBoost, Caffe) as well as MLOps and Kubernetes isa plus.
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems fundamentals.
• Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills.
• Self-motivation to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Bachelors or Master’s in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.