Principal Software Engineer

Skip to main content. sitemap Profile Sign Out View More Jobs Principal Software Engineer Austin, TX, United StatesNashville, TN, United StatesUnited States Job Identification 337298 Job Category Product and Research Posting Date 06/29/2026, 06:16 PM Role Individual Contributor Job Type Regular Employee Does this position require a security clearance? No Years 6 to 10+ years Applicants Less than 10 applicants Applicants are required to read, write, and speak the following languages English Job Description At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we build the future of the cloud for Enterprises as a diverse team of fellow creators and inventors. We act with the speed and attitude of a start-up, with the scale and customer-focus of the leading enterprise software company in the world. Values are OCI's foundation and how we deliver excellence. We strive for equity, inclusion, and respect for all. We are committed to the greater good in our products and our actions. We are constantly learning and taking opportunities to grow our careers and ourselves. We challenge each other to stretch beyond our past to build our future. You are the builder here. You will be part of a team of a smart, motivated, and diverse group given the autonomy and support to do your best work. It is a dynamic and flexible workplace where you'll belong and be encouraged.   Responsibilities If you are interested in building large-scale distributed infrastructure for the cloud, then this is your team! Oracle is aggressively investing in the Oracle Cloud to provide the broadest, most comprehensive cloud in the industry. Only Oracle offers a complete suite of integrated services that include applications as a service, platform as a service, and infrastructure as a service – eliminating the data and business process fragmentation that come with cloud silos. A critical part of these silos is the Infrastructure Services include Compute, Storage, and Messaging service. This is your chance to be part of this exciting Compute team that offers elastic compute capabilities to run any workload in the cloud! As a Principal Member of Technical Staff you will own the software design and development for major components of Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure. You should be both a rock solid coder and a distributed systems generalist, able to dive deep into any part of the stack and low level systems, as well as design broad distributed system interactions. You should value simplicity and scale, work comfortably in a collaborative, agile environment, and be excited to learn.   Qualifications: 8-10+ years' experience designing, developing and operating large scale, highly available distributed systems. Strong knowledge of C, C++ or Java, and experience with scripting languages such as Python, Perl, etc. Demonstrable knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems fundamentals, and cloud-native development. Working familiarity with operating systems internals, networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP) and standard network architectures. Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills. Experience building multi-tenant, virtualized infrastructure a strong plus.   Qualifications Disclaimer:Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.Range and benefit information...