Oracle Corporation

Senior Principal SDE

Oracle Corporation$96K — $251K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • A BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10+ years of full stack software development, including design, implementation, and operation of distributed services.
  • Demonstrated experience owning production services end-to-end in a builder-operator model.
  • Strong product development experience in Java, Python, Go, and JavaScript.
  • Expertise designing REST APIs and building multi-tenant services with clear isolation, quota, and lifecycle management.
  • Proven technical leadership in delivering multiple initiatives in parallel and driving execution while maintaining high engineering quality.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, design, and operate distributed services for data center lifecycle workflows.
  • Own feature delivery from design through production rollout, including implementation and operational readiness.
  • Drive service reliability improvements through operational data analysis.
  • Lead technical reviews and maintain clear documentation for system designs.
  • Improve engineering velocity and quality through enhanced testing and automation practices.
  • Collaborate with Product Managers to translate requirements into executable plans.
  • Mentor engineers and set expectations for operational excellence and service ownership.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Short term and long term disability
  • Life insurance and AD&D
  • Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
  • Flexible Vacation and paid time off policies
  • 11 paid holidays and paid sick leave
  • Paid parental leave and adoption assistance
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this role, you will help design, build, and operate software that powers the full data center lifecycle, including planning, design, build, and operations, within the DC Software and Automation organization. We are rapidly scaling our data center footprint to power next-generation AI infrastructure, and you will help build and operate the software and automation that accelerates AI-capable data center delivery and simplifies day-to-day operations at global scale.

This position blends architecture and hands-on delivery. You will lead end-to-end execution for major features, guide technical direction across teams, and raise the bar on reliability, operability, and engineering practices. This is not only about shipping functionality. It is also about improving how we build and run systems. You will influence standards for code quality, testing, deployment automation, and service operations, partnering closely with engineering peers, product management, and leadership to deliver durable outcomes aligned to our mission: Accelerate builds and democratize operations.

Responsibilities

As a Consulting Member of Technical Staff (IC5) on the DC Software and Automation team, you will provide technical leadership for software and services that enable data center delivery and operations at scale across OCI Data Centers. You will shape system architecture and drive execution for high-impact initiatives that improve scalability, resiliency, and developer and operator productivity.

You will:
  • Architect, design, and operate distributed services supporting data center lifecycle workflows, including planning, design, build, and operations. This includes defining APIs, data models, scalability strategies, and failure-mode behavior.
  • Own feature delivery from design through production rollout, including implementation, testing strategy, deployment planning, and operational readiness.
  • Operate in a builder-operator model. You will build, deploy, and participate in on-call rotations. You will drive service reliability improvements based on incidents, retrospectives, and operational data.
  • Lead technical reviews, including architecture and functional design reviews. You will write and maintain clear documentation, and you will ensure designs are secure by default and supportable for long-term operations.
  • Improve engineering velocity and quality by strengthening code review practices, increasing automated test coverage, and enhancing continuous integration and continuous delivery, test automation, and deployment automation.
  • Partner with Product Managers and leadership to translate requirements into roadmaps and execution plans. You will communicate trade-offs, risks, and milestones clearly.
  • Mentor engineers across levels. You will set expectations for operational excellence, observability, and proactive service ownership, and you will raise engineering standards across multiple teams.
  • Reduce operational toil by investing in automation, self-service capabilities, and observability such as metrics, logs, and tracing. You will improve incident response and runbooks.
  • Collaborate across dependent teams such as networking, security, identity, observability, storage, and release engineering to deliver integrated solutions for data center delivery and operations tooling.
  • Contribute to longer-term technical direction for data center software platforms by identifying opportunities to modernize systems, standardize interfaces, and improve the end-to-end lifecycle experience for builders and operators.

Preferred Qualifications
  • A BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10+ years of full stack software development, including design, implementation, and operation of distributed services.
  • Demonstrated experience owning production services end-to-end in a builder-operator model, including design, build, deploy, on-call, and continuous improvement.
  • Strong product development experience in Java, Python, Go, and or JavaScript.
  • Expertise designing REST APIs and building multi-tenant services with clear isolation, quota, and lifecycle management.
  • Experience leading architecture and functional reviews, strong written documentation habits, and the ability to partner with Product Managers across the full launch lifecycle.
  • Good understanding of databases, NoSQL systems, storage concepts, and distributed persistence technologies.
  • Proven technical leadership, including delivering multiple initiatives in parallel, unblocking teams, and driving execution while maintaining high engineering quality.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate trade-offs, risks, and operational considerations to diverse stakeholders.


Qualifications

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $96,800 to $251,600 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

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Oracle Dyn Global Business Unit is a pioneer in managed DNS and a leader in cloud-based infrastructure that connects users with digital content and experiences across a global internet. Dyn's solution is powered by a global network that drives 40 billion traffic optimization decisions daily for more than 3,500 enterprise customers, including preeminent digital brands such as Netflix, Twitter, Linkedin and CNBC. Adding Dyn's best-in-class DNS and email services extend the Oracle cloud computing platform and provides enterprise customers with a one-stop shop for Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). On January 31, 2017 Oracle completed the acquisition of Dyn, which now operates as an Oracle Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) global business unit (GBU).

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143,000 employees
Market Cap
$217.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$12.8 billion
Founded
1977
5 Year Trend
+2.3%
Revenue
$39.6 billion
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