Senior Principal Software Engineer, Cloud Performance

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer to join their Cloud Performance Organization. This role is part of the Technical Strategy and Oversight (TSO) organization, focusing on supporting customer choice, transparency, and value in cloud infrastructure. The position involves working on ambitious initiatives including building innovative platforms, high-performance primitives, and new container runtime systems.

The role is critical in addressing service inefficiencies, reducing cloud expenses, and improving customer experience within OCI. You'll be working on optimizing performance of critical components, internal tools, and applications while fostering a culture of performance engineering. This is a greenfield opportunity to design and build new cloud services from the ground up.

As a Senior Principal Engineer, you'll be responsible for enabling development teams by driving design of major service components, working with engineering managers and TPMs, and providing technical leadership. The role requires balancing high-level system design with hands-on prototyping and code reviews.

OCI delivers mission-critical applications for top tier enterprises worldwide, with hyper-scale, multi-tenant services deployed in more than 50 regions. The organization is expanding beyond traditional public cloud boundaries to include dedicated, hybrid and multi-cloud, and edge computing solutions.

The position offers comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) with company match, flexible vacation, and various other perks. This is an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing team where you'll have both autonomy and support to do your best work in a diverse and inclusive environment.