Principal Software Engineer (Nashville, TN only)

Job Description

At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, we believe the future of CI/CD is effortless automation powering innovation at a global scale. As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll help shape a platform where complexity fades away-delivering the invisible, always-on reliability that developers trust without distraction. Here, simplicity is a superpower: you'll invest in untangling the complex, architecting maintainable systems that empower teams and set new standards for clarity and operation. If you're an engineer who sees elegant simplicity as the most difficult, valuable skill-let's build the world's best CI/CD pipeline together.

Responsibilities

What You'll Do

• Architect, design, and implement robust CI/CD solutions that prioritize reliability, scalability, and elegant simplicity.
• Lead large, multifaceted projects-breaking down complex problems into maintainable, high-impact solutions.
• Identify and eliminate sources of unnecessary complexity, technical debt, and operational friction.
• Mentor and influence senior engineers: set a high bar for quality, best practices, and continual technical improvement.
• Collaborate deeply with teams across OCI to deliver impactful, cohesive tools and workflows.
• Document and communicate technical designs, promoting shared understanding and technical clarity.
• Drive and advocate for simplicity as a core engineering value-recognizing that making things simple is often the hardest and most valuable work.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years in software engineering, with deep hands-on experience in CI/CD, DevOps, or infrastructure.
• Track record of simplifying complex 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, Google Cloud Platform).
• Hands-on expertise with containers, orchestration, and infrastructure as code.
• Proven mentor and technical leader among peers; strong communicator and collaborator.
• Deeply invested in system quality, simplicity, and developer experience.

Why Oracle Cloud?
Define how enterprise cloud gets built. Solve global-scale complexity. Grow as a leader by championing clarity and elegant engineering and leave your mark on a platform used by thousands of developers daily.

Qualifications

Disclaimer:

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 only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $96,800 to $223,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

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 Oracle's 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 opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. 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 holidays
10. 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 leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The 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 - IC4

About Us

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