Lead Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

About the role

This is an opportunity to solve foundational distributed-systems, developer-platform, and reliability problems with broad impact across OCI. We are hiring Senior Principal engineers and leaders who are excited by large-scale cloud infrastructure, deployment orchestration, operational automation, and building trustworthy systems. You will help shape a new team and create the platforms that enable OCI engineers to deploy and operate services confidently at unprecedented scale.

Responsibilities

• System Design & Architecture
  • Lead and mentor the architecture of highly scalable, elastic, interdependent distributed systems.
  • Identify performance bottlenecks, define scalability requirements, and optimize systems for hyperscale workloads.
  • Drive innovation in distributed state management and data-plane platforms.
  • Architect fault-tolerant systems using advanced redundancy, replication, failover, and resilience mechanisms.
  • Establish SLO-based standards for availability, durability, and reliability.
  • Define KPIs and advanced telemetry, dashboards, and alerting for complex systems.
  • Apply formal verification techniques such as TLA+ and develop advanced replication and synchronization strategies.
• Operational Excellence
  • Provide technical leadership for complex production issues, incident response, and root cause analysis.
  • Establish operational readiness and SOP standards across systems and partners.
  • Design strategies for in-service maintenance and upgrades with minimal customer impact.
• Security & Compliance
  • Architect advanced security controls for multi-tenant environments and lead vulnerability remediation.
  • Ensure compliance with applicable standards and guide documentation across projects.
• Automation & Change Management
  • Develop and oversee enterprise-level IaC and automation strategies.
  • Drive automated, reliable patching, upgrades, and rollbacks across interdependent systems.
• Planning & Execution
  • Lead critical, high-impact initiatives, managing timelines, deliverables, resources, and budgets while adapting to changing business priorities.
• Collaboration & Partnership
  • Influence cross-functional leaders and stakeholders to align on strategic objectives and build long-term partnerships.
  • Champion transparency, collaboration, and diverse perspectives.
• Problem Solving
  • Lead advanced problem-solving and serve as an escalation point for complex issues.
  • Drive innovative, data-driven solutions and root cause prevention.
• Continuous Learning
  • Serve as a technical thought leader, applying deep industry expertise and emerging technologies.
  • Promote continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and mentorship across teams.
• Continuous Improvement
  • Drive organization-wide improvements to processes, tools, and workflows.
  • Define metrics to measure effectiveness and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Performance & Development
  • Serve as a subject matter expert on talent strategy and development.
  • Provide leadership in candidate assessment, interviews, hiring decisions, and organizational talent development.

Requirements

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.

Pay

Hiring range in USD from: $146,300 - $306,400 per year. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Paid time off:
  • Flexible Vacation for salaried employees
  • Accrued Vacation for other eligible employees (13 days annually for the first three years, 18 days annually thereafter; prorated for part-time employees working 20-34 hours per week)
  • 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours upon date of hire, refreshes each calendar year, carries over up to a maximum cap of 112 hours
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance