Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer

Oracle Oracle · Enterprise · Nashville, TN +1

Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer role focused on developing and automating cloud infrastructure for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The position involves system architecture, cloud technologies, software design, and mentoring teams to ensure performance, security, and maintainability of large-scale, distributed services.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the design and development of scalable software solutions while mentoring and guiding teams.
  2. Leverage expertise in system architecture, cloud technologies, and software design to drive innovation and ensure performance, security, and maintainability.
  3. Define best practices, establish coding standards, and troubleshoot complex challenges.
  4. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technology with business goals while fostering a culture of continuous learning and excellence.
  5. Architect broad systems interactions, be hands-on, be able to dive deep into any part of the stack and have a good sense of cloud infrastructure and networking knowledge.

Skills

Required

  • BS or MS degree in Computer Science or relevant technical field involving coding or equivalent practical experience
  • 10+ years of total experience in software development
  • Demonstrated ability to write great code using Java, GoLang, C#, or similar OO languages
  • Proven ability to deliver products and experience with the full software development lifecycle
  • Experience working on large-scale, highly distributed services infrastructure
  • Experience working in an operational environment with mission-critical tier-one livesite servicing
  • Systematic problem-solving approach
  • Strong communication skills
  • Sense of ownership and drive
  • Experience designing architectures that demonstrate deep technical depth in one area, or span many products, to enable high availability, scalability, market-leading features and flexibility to meet future business demands

Nice to have

  • Experience as technical lead on a large scale cloud service
  • Hands-on experience developing and maintaining services on a public cloud platform (e.g., OCI, AWS, Azure)
  • Experience working on Kubernetes
  • Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IAC) languages, preferably Terraform
  • Strong knowledge of databases (SQL and NoSQL)
  • Strong knowledge of Computer Networking (OSI layers, HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, DHCP, Routers, Gateways, Subnets, etc.)
  • Knowledge of Linux internals, Linux/Unix troubleshooting skills
  • Familiarity with host virtualization technologies (KVM, Containers, Docker, etc.)
  • Able to effectively communicate technical ideas verbally and in writing (technical proposals, design specs, architecture diagrams and presentations)
  • Experience with hiring, mentorship and raising the talent bar across the organization

What the JD emphasized

  • 10 years of total experience in software development
  • Experience working on large-scale, highly distributed services infrastructure
  • Experience working in an operational environment with mission-critical tier-one livesite servicing
  • Experience designing architectures that demonstrate deep technical depth in one area, or span many products, to enable high availability, scalability, market-leading features and flexibility to meet future business demands