Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Performance

Oracle is a leading company in cloud infrastructure solutions, seeking a skilled Software Engineer to join their Cloud Performance Organization. This role focuses on optimizing the performance of OCI’s critical components and applications, while fostering a culture of performance engineering.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate the performance of cloud services, identify inefficiencies, and design cost-effective solutions
• Analyze and optimize internal tools, processes, and developer workflows to enhance operational efficiency
• Benchmark OCI services against competitors and identify performance improvement opportunities
• Collaborate with service teams to integrate performance evaluation tools into CI/CD pipelines
• Quantify and communicate the financial impact of inefficiencies, linking performance data to business metrics
• Develop and implement improvements in shared components, libraries, and runtime configurations (e.g., Java runtime, SDKs, and images)

Requirements:

• 4 to 5 years distributed service engineering experience in a software development environment
• Development experience in a modern programming language, such as Java, C++, C#
• Hands-on experience designing, developing, and operating public cloud service control or data planes
• Hands-on experience in software performance profiling, analysis, and optimization
• Deep understanding of object-oriented design and SDK development, specifically within a cloud environment
• Experience working closely with architects, principals, product, and program managers to deliver product features on time and with high quality
• Good knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems fundamentals
• Working familiarity with networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP) and standard network architectures
• Good understanding of databases, NoSQL systems, storage, and distributed persistence technologies
• Good understanding of Linux administration and networking stack configuration
• Demonstrable technical leadership and mentorship skills
• Familiarity with JVM and benchmarking tools
• BS degree in Computer Science or related field (MS preferred)
• Hands-on experience developing services on a public cloud platform (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience driving security reviews, documentation, UX reviews, and working with Product Managers from inception through launch
• Building continuous integration/deployment pipelines with robust testing and deployment schedules
• Proven experience in performance optimization of cloud infrastructure and distributed systems