Software Developer 4

Oracle Oracle · Enterprise · Nashville, TN +1

This role is for a Principal Member of Technical Staff at Oracle, focusing on leading software design and development for Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure. The position requires strong coding skills, deep understanding of the stack and low-level systems, and the ability to design broad distributed system interactions. The candidate should be comfortable with ambiguity, ownership, and working collaboratively in an agile environment. Experience with Java, C, C++, C#, data structures, algorithms, operating systems, distributed systems, and REST APIs is required. Experience with microservices, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and building multi-tenant, virtualized infrastructure is preferred.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the software design and development for major components of Oracle’s Cloud Infrastructure.
  2. Be a rock-solid coder and a lead-level engineer, able to dive deep into any part of the stack and low-level systems, as well as design broad distributed system interactions.
  3. Drive the development of new projects and features to completion.
  4. Work backward, starting from the user, creating usable, useful software that solves real problems and brings delight to users.
  5. Clearly explain complex technical concepts and lead conversations with designers, engineers, and product managers.

Skills

Required

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience
  • BS or MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • Proficient in Java, C, C++, C#, or similar OO languages
  • Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems fundamentals
  • Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills
  • Experience with REST API and service-oriented development

Nice to have

  • Working familiarity with networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP) and standard network architectures
  • Building software solutions in an engineering environment using C, C++, C#, Python, Java, Shell Scripting, and JavaScript
  • Object-oriented design and object-oriented programming
  • Agile or Scrum methodologies
  • Knowledge of Internet protocols and standards, including SMTP, REST, SSL, and HTTP
  • Microservices, distributed systems
  • Containerized applications, Docker, Kubernetes, or similar applications
  • RESTful API design
  • Experience delivering and operating large-scale, highly available distributed systems
  • Experience building multi-tenant, virtualized infrastructure is a strong plus