Principal Software Development Engineer (IC4) - Network Region Build (NRB)

Oracle is a leader in AI and cloud solutions that impact billions of lives. As a Principal Software Development Engineer, you will design and maintain software for OCI network deployment, collaborate with various engineering teams, and enhance the operational efficiency of Oracle's cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain production software supporting OCI network deployment and lifecycle management
• Build and evolve engineering platforms, APIs, automation services, and operational systems that enable OCI’s global network infrastructure
• Own software solutions throughout their lifecycle, from architecture and implementation to deployment, operations, and continuous improvement
• Develop scalable automation using modern programming languages and software engineering practices
• Partner with Network Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, and Network Automation teams to transform operational challenges into scalable software solutions
• Design and implement resilient, observable, and highly available platform services
• Improve platform reliability, scalability, performance, and operational efficiency
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, deployment workflows, and release processes
• Troubleshoot production software, infrastructure, and networking issues across distributed systems
• Lead technical design discussions and contribute to the long-term architecture of NRB engineering platforms
• Develop technical documentation, engineering standards, runbooks, and operational best practices
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate software development, testing, debugging, documentation, and operational workflows while applying sound engineering judgment and validating all outputs
• Mentor engineers through technical leadership, code reviews, and engineering best practices
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to simplify operations through software and automation

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Strong software engineering experience in Python, Java, Go, or Rust
• Experience designing scalable APIs, distributed systems, and service-oriented architectures
• Design software architectures that emphasize modularity, extensibility, maintainability, and long-term operational sustainability
• Experience building and operating production engineering platforms
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern software development practices
• Experience supporting Linux-based production environments
• Experience designing highly available, resilient, and observable systems
• Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools such as Oracle AI, GitHub Copilot, Codex, ChatGPT Enterprise, or similar technologies to improve software development, automation, documentation, and engineering productivity
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, IPv4, IPv6, DNS, and DHCP
• Experience with hyperscale cloud, data center, or service provider networking environments
• Familiarity with Ethernet switching platforms, network fabrics, optical networking, and large-scale infrastructure deployments
• Experience with network automation technologies such as YANG, OpenConfig, NETCONF, gNMI, or similar frameworks
• Understanding of infrastructure observability, telemetry, monitoring, and operational analytics
• Building and operating hyperscale cloud infrastructure
• Developing software for infrastructure automation, platform engineering, or developer platforms
• Experience designing workflow orchestration systems, distributed state machines, or long-running infrastructure automation
• Supporting AI or GPU data center deployments
• Designing and maintaining engineering platforms used by large operational organizations
• Root cause analysis and production incident response
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management
• Vendor collaboration and platform integration
• Driving engineering excellence through automation and continuous improvement