Job Description Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) delivers mission-critical applications for top tier enterprises around the world. Our cloud offers unmatched hyper-scale, multi-tenant services deployed in more than 50 regions worldwide. OCI is expanding its mission beyond the traditional boundaries of public cloud to include dedicated, hybrid and multi cloud, edge computing, and more. At OCI platform organization, our mission is to provide core platform services for OCI cloud and customers. We’re embarking on ambitious new initiative to scale our tier-0 services for 10x growth. We’re looking for hands-on engineers with expertise and passion in solving difficult problems in distributed systems and highly available services. If this is you, at Oracle you can design and build innovative new systems from the ground up. These are exciting times in our space - we are growing fast, still at an early stage, and working on ambitious new initiatives Who are we looking for? You have experience with the design of major features and launching them into production. You’ve built and operated high-scale public cloud services and have deep understanding of control plane architecture. You work on most projects and tasks independently and extend technical leadership to development teams. In this role, you will enable development teams by driving design of major service components, working with engineering managers and TPMs, and providing direct guidance to more junior team members. You can go from high level system design, writing architectural documentation and driving engineering peer reviews to hands-on prototyping, code reviews and project bootstrapping. You are technically strong and get a lot done. You can balance speed and quality with iteration and incremental improvements. You’ve made life easier for other developers and have motivated your teams to make both process and service improvements with your ability to automate and instrument your service. You understand operational excellence and how to instill a culture of high quality and customer focus. Career Level - IC5 Responsibilities We are looking for engineers who have solid experience in development, and enhancement of new and existing products and services from inception and design through deployment. You will be building cloud-based services, distributed systems, comprehensive monitoring systems and their integration with other business applications. You will offer broad guidance to technical and senior technical staff, while being hands-on, and able to dive deep into any part of the stack and lower-level system interactions. You will conduct code and architecture reviews of the products and services and contribute to architecture standards and community practices. You must be experienced in various architecture patterns, be able to communicate requirements, solution, and architecture with technical and non-technical stakeholder. As a Consulting Member of Technical Staff (IC5) you will be in a substantial technical leadership role. You will champion creating an engineering environment that embodies the best development and testing practices for delivering secure, scalable, and highly available services. Be agile and innovative in solving business problems. Leading junior engineers to maintain existing services while participate in new service development. Evolved soft skills and excellent communication and the ability to collaborate with others is a hallmark. You will mentor other engineers and must be capable of driving technical tasks independently and with confidence. You will have continuous opportunities to lead and be a catalyst for technical innovation. Key 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). Qualifications: 15+ years distributed service engineering experience in a software development environment 10+ years development experience in a modern programming language, such as Java, C++, C# Experience in data mining and analysis on large datasets. Deep understanding of Linux administration and networking stack configuration, as well as production linux infrastructures management. Hands-on experience designing, developing, and operating public cloud service control or data planes Proven experience in performance optimization of cloud infrastructure and distributed systems. 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. Demonstrable technical leadership and mentorship skills Familiarity with JVM and benchmarking tools. Preferred Qualifications: BS degree in Computer Science or related field (MS preferred) Building mission critical distributed systems 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 About Us As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow’s technology to tackle today’s challenges. We’ve partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector—and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity. We know that true innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That’s why we’re committed to growing an inclusive workforce that promotes opportunities for all. Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer competitive benefits based on parity and consistency and support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs. We’re committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for a disability at any point, let us know by emailing accommodation-request_mb@oracle.com or by calling +1 888 404 2494 in the United States. Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law. Show more Show less
