Senior Member of Technical Staff (AI Infrastructure)

As a Senior Software Engineer within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), you’ll have the opportunity to solve large-scale, mission-critical engineering challenges with broad technical impact. Our AI Infrastructure Engineering team is building the services and platforms behind the world’s largest AI mega-cluster. These systems support every phase of next-generation data center lifecycle management — including planning, design, deployment, provisioning, operations, repair, and expansion. The platform enables OCI to scale existing regions, rapidly launch new ones, and deliver the infrastructure powering the next wave of AI innovation.

We are looking for experienced engineers who thrive in highly technical environments and are passionate about building scalable, reliable, and highly available distributed systems. You will work on foundational infrastructure services that directly influence the growth and reliability of OCI’s AI cloud platform. If you enjoy solving complex engineering problems, operating at massive scale, and building systems that power cutting-edge AI infrastructure, we’d like to hear from you. Role is based in Nashville, TN only.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operate highly scalable, resilient cloud services
• Drive architecture and technical direction for critical infrastructure systems
• Build and optimize distributed systems for performance, reliability, and scale
• Collaborate across engineering teams in a fast-paced, agile environment
• Troubleshoot complex production issues across services and infrastructure layers
• Contribute to engineering best practices, operational excellence, and automation
• Mentor engineers and help raise the technical bar across the organization

We value engineers who prioritize simplicity, scalability, ownership, and continuous learning.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience designing, developing, and operating large-scale, highly available distributed systems
• Familiarity with AI-first software development practices and modern engineering tooling
• Strong programming skills in Java, C, or C++, with experience in scripting languages such as Python
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, operating systems, data structures, and algorithms
• Experience building cloud-native services and infrastructure platforms
• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and performance tuning skills
• Experience with databases, NoSQL systems, storage platforms, and distributed persistence technologies
• Self-starter mindset with the ability to work independently and drive ambiguous technical problems to resolution

Skills

• AI-first software development
• Large-scale distributed systems engineering
• Cloud infrastructure and cloud-native services
• Java, C++, or C development
• Python and automation tooling
• Distributed storage and persistence technologies
• Performance optimization and troubleshooting
• Strong ownership mentality and self-driven execution

Pay

Hiring range in USD from: $89,200 - $209,500 per year. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

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 others (13 days annually for the first three years, 18 days annually thereafter, prorated for part-time)
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours upon hire, refreshes annually, carries over up to 112 hours
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance