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    Senior Principal Software Engineer

    Technology
    Oracle
    Tennessee, Nashville, 37201
    Permanent
    $135,200 - $306,400/year
    Hybrid

    Job Description

    hackajob is collaborating with Oracle to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.

    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 is a 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.

    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. Define specifications for significant new projects and specify, design and develop software according to those specifications. You will perform professional software development tasks associated with the developing, designing and debugging of software applications or operating systems.

    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 provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

    US: Hiring Range in USD from: $135,200 to $306,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

    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 - IC5

    Posted on September 21, 2026

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