As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be responsible for helping design, build, test, deploy and operate highly scalable solutions for the canonical asset management system for all of Oracle’s next generation Cloud Infrastructure. You should be a rock-solid coder, and a distributed systems generalist who can dive deep into any part of the stack and low-level systems and design broad distributed system interactions. Your passion for excellence combined with your experience will help you be an outstanding technical contributor but also help you mentor more junior engineers. You should be able to work independently and as part of a team in an Agile environment. You should be an expert communicator to both technical and non-technical collaborators in multiple locations around the globe. You should also be able to manage different projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment, and thrive even when faced with ambiguity and uncertainty. Most importantly, you should be a great teammate, someone who is eager to learn, and willing to go above and beyond to help the team succeed.
Required Experience
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Minimum 8 years in a software-engineering related position, at least half of which was in an Agile/DevOps environment
- 5+ years of Java development
- 5+ years of Python development
- Demonstrated ability with REST API development
- Solid understanding of Linux/Unix fundamentals
- Strong knowledge of microservices, data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems.
- Solid understanding of relational databases, NoSQL systems, storage, and distributed persistence
- Excellent troubleshooting, debugging, and performance tuning skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present sophisticated information clearly and concisely to all audiences.
Desired Experience And Skills
- Experience with build automation, continuous integration, or continuous deployment tools such as Git, Jenkins, Maven, Grunt, RunDeck, Ansible, etc.
- Experience building multi-tenant, virtualized infrastructure.
- Solid understanding of or experience in data center infrastructure and operations.
- Experience with Infrastructure-As-Code Tools like Terraform.
- Experience with React JavaScript framework is a plus.
- Experience in developing and crafting solutions with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience testing web-based applications with REST APIs, especially applications requiring IAM/SAML authentication.
- Experience with observability tools and practices.
- Experience with working flexible hours and working with team members in a global setting with distributed time zones.
- US Citizens able to obtain a security clearance.