Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Salary: $114,600 - 234,600 per year Requirements:

• We seek experience leading the design and development of scalable, elastic distributed systems for high-throughput, hyperscale environments.
• We expect the ability to define scalability needs, improve performance, and work with distributed state management and data-plane platforms.
• We look for expertise in building fault-tolerant, highly available systems using redundancy, replication, failover, load shedding, throttling, and rate limiting.
• We value hands-on experience establishing SLOs, KPIs, telemetry, dashboards, and alerts to support reliability and performance.
• We require knowledge of performance, load, fault-injection, and brownout testing, along with replication and synchronization methods for correctness and availability.
• We seek experience handling production incidents, supporting root cause analysis, and maintaining operational readiness.
• We value practical knowledge of encryption, access controls, and security remediation in multi-tenant environments.
• We expect familiarity with infrastructure as code and automation for cloud infrastructure.
• We look for experience managing moderately complex initiatives, including priorities, timelines, resources, and deliverables.
• We value strong collaboration skills and the ability to work across teams and stakeholders to meet business and customer needs.
• We seek the ability to analyze and resolve moderately complex problems and communicate clear recommendations when escalating critical issues.
• We look for a commitment to continuous learning, mentoring junior engineers, and sharing knowledge.
• We value experience improving processes, workflows, and team effectiveness.
• We seek involvement in candidate interviews, assessments, and hiring recommendations.

• We lead the architecture and development of scalable, elastic distributed systems for high-throughput, hyperscale workloads.
• We define scalability goals, tune performance, and use distributed state management and data-plane platforms.
• We design resilient, highly available systems with redundancy, replication, failover, load shedding, throttling, and rate limiting.
• We establish SLOs, KPIs, telemetry, dashboards, and alerts to maintain reliability and performance.
• We create performance, load, fault-injection, and brownout tests, and implement replication and synchronization to support correctness and availability.
• We diagnose production issues proactively, support incident response and root cause analysis, and maintain operational readiness.
• We enable in-service maintenance and upgrades with minimal customer disruption.
• We mentor engineers in troubleshooting and operational best practices.
• We implement encryption, access controls, and security remediation for multi-tenant environments.
• We ensure compliance with applicable standards and maintain required documentation.
• We develop and maintain infrastructure as code and automation for cloud infrastructure.
• We support safe, repeatable patching, updates, and rollbacks through effective change management.
• We manage moderately complex initiatives by prioritizing work, timelines, resources, and deliverables while providing technical oversight.
• We collaborate across teams and stakeholders to align on goals and deliver solutions that meet business and customer needs.
• We promote inclusive collaboration and diverse perspectives.
• We analyze and resolve moderately complex issues, escalating critical concerns with clear assessments and proposed solutions.
• We document and share effective problem-solving approaches.
• We stay current with industry trends and continue developing our technical skills.
• We coach and mentor junior engineers and encourage knowledge sharing.
• We identify and implement improvements to processes, workflows, and team effectiveness.
• We evaluate outcomes and incorporate stakeholder feedback.
• We support talent development through candidate interviews, assessments, and hiring recommendations.

• Cloud
• Support
• Oracle
• Security
• DevOps

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hackajob is collaborating with Oracle to connect exceptional professionals with this role. We are building our newly established Cloud Performance Organization within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as our platform continues to expand rapidly. This greenfield opportunity offers the chance to help design and build new cloud services from the ground up while working in a dynamic, flexible environment with a smart, motivated, and diverse team. The role sits at IC4 level and includes a US hiring range of $114,600 to $234,600 per year, with potential bonus, equity, and compensation deferral. We also provide a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, disability and life insurance, flexible spending accounts, commuter and parking benefits, a 401(k) with company match, paid time off, paid holidays, sick leave, parental leave, adoption assistance, employee stock purchase, financial planning, and voluntary insurance options.

last updated 36 week of 2026