Senior Software Developer

Senior Software Development Engineer (IC3) – OCI Region Build

Organization: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) – Region Build
 

About Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI):
At OCI, we’re building the next generation of cloud. The region build organization focuses on architecting, scaling, and operating critical distributed infrastructure that enables OCI's regions to launch and operate securely and efficiently worldwide.
 

Position Overview:
We are seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer (IC3) to join the region build team within OCI’s fast-paced, mission-critical region build organization. This is a  developer role balancing software engineering excellence with robust operational ownership. You’ll thrive amid multiple, sometimes conflicting priorities, and your ability to drive down KTLO (Keep the Lights On) through automation will be key to our success. Expect to operate at the forefront of distributed systems, large-scale automation, and cloud infrastructure, with a significant operational and on-call component.
 

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and Design: Participate in the design and architecture for our microservices and distributed systems, ensuring seamless integration and remote connectivity across OCI regions. Drive operational readiness and excellence for your features and subsystems.
• Build Distributed Systems: Develop, deploy, and maintain highly available, scalable, and secure distributed systems for OCI region build workflows.
• Coding: Write robust, secure, well-tested code using industry best practices. Contribute significantly to the architecture and design of critical OCI features.
• Collaboration: Work cross-functionally with region build engineers & project managers, and other OCI teams to ensure business and infrastructure alignment.
• Problem Solving: Proactively identify bottlenecks, troubleshoot complex distributed systems, and optimize performance.
• Mentorship and Leadership: Operate independently while mentoring and guiding junior engineers. Foster best practices in distributed systems and cloud engineering.
• Operations: Serve as an escalation point for operational issues, lead incident response and deep dives, and develop new metrics and dashboards to enhance situational awareness. Create and execute operational assessments for complex systems, ensuring all risks and failure modes are addressed. Participate in cross-organizational initiatives focused on resiliency and availability.
• Innovation and Improvement: Keep pace with industry trends, tools, and best practices to continually advance the quality and efficiency of our systems.

 

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of progressively senior software engineering experience, ideally with distributed/cloud systems.
• Demonstrable experience managing multiple priorities and responsibilities in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

 

Technical Qualifications:

• Advanced operational experience with internet routing protocols and concepts (TCP/IP, IP Routing).
• Expert-level automation and DevOps skills with proficiency in a combination of Python, Ansible, Docker, Terraform, REST, Bash, and YAML.
• Intermediate knowledge of Layer 4–7 protocols: HTTP/S, DNS, IPSEC, SSH.
• Advanced experience supporting cloud environments (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, LBaaS).
• Advanced capacity management, traffic engineering, and performance optimization skills.
• Deep experience in Linux/Unix environments.
• 1+ years of experience designing or managing cloud-based services.
• Experience in traffic management/load balancing technologies and DNS infrastructure support.

 

Additional Skills:

• Ability to work autonomously with limited supervision in rapidly changing environments.
• Exceptional organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.

 

This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of Oracle’s cloud expansion, applying your technical leadership and DevOps expertise to solve cutting-edge distributed systems challenges.

• Architect and Design: Participate in the design and architecture for our microservices and distributed systems, ensuring seamless integration and remote connectivity across OCI regions. Drive operational readiness and excellence for your features and subsystems.
• Build Distributed Systems: Develop, deploy, and