- Senior
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will operate with a high degree of independence and provide deep technical leadership across the organization. You’ll be responsible for designing, building, and operating cloud-scale services that are resilient, performant, and maintainable.
You thrive in high-scale environments, bring strong engineering fundamentals, and understand how to balance delivery speed with long-term quality. You should be adept at driving iterative improvements, instilling a culture of operational excellence, and using data to guide technical decisions.
You’ll solve global scale complex problems, influence architecture and product direction, and mentor both junior and senior engineers to multiply your impact.
OCI Email Delivery is a globally distributed, highly available service that sends high-volume transactional and marketing emails. This complex ecosystem faces real-world challenges - backpressure, noisy neighbors, spamming attacks, extensibility, and elastic scaling.
Basic Qualifications
BS or MS in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
10+ years of total software development experience, including:
Hands-on coding experience with object-oriented languages such as Java, C++ or Go
Strong foundation in computer science fundamentals: object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms, and systems design
Proven ability to design, build, and operate large-scale, highly available distributed systems
Experience with Serverless, Microservice or advanced architectures and Modern design patterns
Demonstrated success delivering production-grade software through the full development lifecycle (design, development, testing, deployment, operations)
Experience working in mission-critical, tier-one operational environments
Strong debugging and systematic problem-solving skills
Excellent communication skills, ownership mindset, and ability to work independently or collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
Demonstrated technical leadership: mentoring engineers, setting best practices, and influencing system design decisions
Ability to balance deep technical expertise with strategic thinking to guide architectural direction and scalability
Responsibilities
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.
Qualifications
Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $96,800 to $223,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.
Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle’s differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.
Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
Career Level - IC4
Company
As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow’s technology to tackle today’s challenges. We’ve partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector—and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity.
We know that true innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That’s why we’re committed to growing an inclusive workforce that promotes opportunities for all.
Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer competitive benefits based on parity and consistency and support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.
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