Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer (Software Developer 4)
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Platform - Commercial Systems

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is building the next generation of cloud services for customers solving some of the world's most complex challenges. Our team designs, builds, and operates massive-scale, integrated cloud services in a globally distributed, multi-tenant environment.

This is an opportunity for a hands-on, senior technical leader who thrives on solving hard problems in highly available distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and large-scale platforms. In this role, you will have significant technical and business impact by designing and building systems that power mission-critical applications across OCI.

The OCI Platform - Commercial Systems organization owns a broad set of services across customer sign-up, subscription and tenancy management, metering, pricing, cost management, and integrations with billing and contract management systems. We also provide foundational platform capabilities that help customers set up and configure accounts, organize resources efficiently, and control resource consumption across large-scale cloud deployments.

As a Principal Engineer, you will operate with a high degree of autonomy and help set technical direction for the broader organization. You will design and evolve high-scale cloud services, improve system resilience, champion operational excellence, and drive a culture of ownership and proactive problem solving. You will use data to evaluate tradeoffs, recommend major technical changes, and build alignment across teams.

We are looking for a Principal Engineer with deep cloud experience and hands-on architecture expertise in large-scale distributed systems. If you have built and operated cloud services at scale and are ready to lead critical platform initiatives, we would like to meet you.

Qualifications

BS or MS in Computer Science, a related technical field involving coding, or equivalent practical experience.
8+ years of professional software development experience.
4+ years of proven experience designing architectures that demonstrate deep technical expertise in one or more areas, or span multiple products, enabling high availability, scalability, market-leading features, and flexibility for future business needs.
1+ year of experience using AI tooling across the software development lifecycle to improve productivity and quality.
Strong coding skills in Java, Python, Go, C#, or a similar object-oriented programming language.
Proven ability to deliver products through the full software development lifecycle.
Experience building or operating large-scale, highly distributed service infrastructure.
Experience working in operational environments supporting mission-critical, tier-one services.
Systematic problem-solving skills, strong communication abilities, ownership mindset, and drive.
Ability to present complex technical information clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Comfort working in a collaborative, agile development environment.

As a member of the software engineering division, you will take an active role in the definition and evolution of standard practices and procedures. You will be responsible for defining and developing software for tasks associated with the developing, designing and debugging of software applications or operating systems.

Career Level - IC4