OCI Cache with Redis - Principal Software Engineer/Senior Member of Technical Staff

The OCI Cache with Redis team develops and operates a fast-growing, high-demand fully managed distributed caching platform in dozens of regions across the globe.

As a Senior Member of Technical Staff you will be responsible for the software design and development for major components of OCI Cache with Redis. You should be both a proficient coder and a distributed systems generalist, able to dive deep into any part of the stack and low level systems, as well as design broadly distributed system. You should value simplicity and scale, work comfortably in a collaborative, agile environment, and be excited to learn. The ideal candidate has experience with Redis specifically or distributed caching in general, has hands-on operations experience, and can solve complex technical issues in a high-stakes environment while keeping their cool.

Candidate Profile:
•6-10+ years experience delivering and operating large scale, highly available distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of Java
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems fundamentals.
• Working knowledge/Famialirity with networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP) and standard network architectures.
• Strong understanding of databases, NoSQL systems, storage and distributed persistence technologies.
• Strong understanding of Linux
• Strong problem determination, problem resolution and performance tuning skills.
• Experience building multi-tenant, virtualized infrastructure and/or working on open source software/contributions to open source Redis/memcached a strong plus.

As a member of the software engineering division, you will apply basic to intermediate knowledge of software architecture to perform software development tasks associated with developing, debugging or designing software applications or operating systems according to provided design specifications. Build enhancements within an existing software architecture and occasionally suggest improvements to the architecture. You will:

• Work with design leads to implement new features and improvements
• Debug operational issues and suggest fixes
• Assist customers onboarding to the service as needed
• Perform on-call operations duties on a rotating basis

Top Four Skills for the Ideal Candidate

• Excellent java skills
• Software Engineering experience with distributed systems/managed services within large scale environments
• 6-10+ years experience working on challenging issues with a self-starter / self-motivated attitude
• Hands-on operations experience in a DevOps environment

Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range: from $74,800 to $178,200 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

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

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