Principal Software Engineer (Nashville, TN)

Oracle is a world leader in cloud solutions, and they are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to shape the core systems that power OCI’s development lifecycle. The role involves architecting and building core CI/CD platform services, leading technical initiatives, and ensuring operational excellence in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and build core CI/CD platform services that support thousands of engineers and high-volume production workloads
• Lead large, ambiguous technical initiatives end-to-end—from problem definition through design, execution, and long-term operation
• Identify systemic sources of complexity, technical debt, and operational risk, and drive durable solutions
• Set technical direction and standards across the CI/CD platform, influencing design decisions well beyond your immediate team
• Mentor senior engineers through design reviews, architectural discussions, and hands-on collaboration
• Collaborate deeply with teams across OCI to deliver impactful, cohesive tools and workflows
• Write clear, durable design documentation that enables alignment, onboarding, and long-term system evolution
• Establish strong operational practices around reliability, observability, failure handling, and incident prevention
• Drive and advocate for simplicity as a core engineering value—recognizing that making things simple is often the hardest and most valuable work

Requirements:

• 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with significant depth in CI/CD systems, DevOps platforms, or cloud infrastructure
• Proven experience designing and operating large-scale, distributed systems and building highly reliable, scalable, low-maintenance services
• Expert level in at least one systems language (Go, Python, Java, or similar) and strong distributed systems knowledge
• Significant experience designing and operating large cloud platforms (OCI, AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Hands-on expertise with containers, orchestration, and infrastructure as code
• A track record of mentoring and technically leading experienced engineers through ambiguity and scale
• Deeply invested in system quality, simplicity, and developer experience, and operational excellence