Senior Principal Software Engineer, Storage AI Infrastructure Innovation at Oracle

DescriptionOCI (Oracle Cloud) AI Infrastructure Innovation team is inventing the next generation of storage technologies. You will lead architecture and hands-on development across key layers: distributed processing transactions consensus and storage engines. If you thrive at the intersection of large-scale distributed systems database internals and cloud platforms this role offers the opportunity to advance the state of the art.ResponsibilitiesLead end-to-end architecture system design and implementation for distributed storage platforms.Innovate on query processing transaction and IO performance and work across different components - query planning/optimization distributed execution engine index and storage engine.Develop production-grade high-performance software features with rigorous durability correctness observability and security.Define performance goals and success metrics; design benchmarks and conduct large-scale experiments to validate throughput and latency.Define consistency replication and recovery strategies.Collaborate across storage networking compute and control-plane teams to deliver cohesive end-to-end solutions on OCI.Mentor engineers provide technical leadership and reviews and influence multi-year roadmap and technical standards.QualificationsRequired:Deep expertise in distributed systems with hands-on delivery of large-scale fault-tolerant strongly consistent services.Experience building distributed execution engines.Proven ability to design for global scale: sharding/partitioning placement policies rebalancing and multi-region replication.Strong software engineering background with performance profiling correctness testing and rigorous code quality.Cloud architecture experience on a major public cloud including observability orchestration and incident response.BS/MS in Computer Science Electrical/Computer Engineering or equivalent practical experience; proven technical leadership and mentoring.Preferred:Familiarity with high-performance IO paths; understanding of cross-region networking and latency trade-offs.Strong foundation in consensus and transactions.Expertise with observability at scale: tracing metrics logs eBPF/perf chaos/failure testing and SLO-driven operations.Knowledge of AI/HPC workload patterns and their implications for storage query processing and consistency models.QualificationsDisclaimer: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 onlyUS: Hiring Range in USD from: $96800 to $251600 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 Oracles 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 opinion2. Short term disability and long term disability3. Life insurance and AD&D4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match8. 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 holidays10. 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 leave12. Adoption assistance13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan14. Financial planning and group legal15. Voluntary benefits including auto homeowner and pet insuranceThe 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 - IC5Required Experience:Staff IC Key Skills Continuous Integration,Docker,Jenkins,Python,System Design,Agile,C/C++,Go,Systems Engineering,Software Development,Java,Distributed Systems Employment Type : Full-Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1 Yearly Salary Salary: 96800 - 251600