Principal Software Developer
Job Description
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join their Energization/Technical Strategy Team. This role is part of a specialized technical strategy group focused on efficiency, performance improvements, and architectural excellence across core OCI services. Rather than building specific customer-facing services, you'll partner with internal service teams to analyze, improve, and optimize the performance, throughput, latency, and cost-efficiency of cloud services.
The position offers a unique opportunity to work on high-impact performance optimization projects across OCI's infrastructure. You'll be responsible for enhancing service performance, reducing resource consumption, identifying architectural bottlenecks, and improving infrastructure efficiency. The role requires deep technical expertise in Java development, system-level performance analysis, and distributed systems.
As a Principal Engineer, you'll lead technical discussions, provide architectural guidance, and work closely with various OCI service teams. The position offers remote work flexibility within Europe, with Dublin and Czech Republic being key OCI hubs. You'll be part of Oracle's broader mission to deliver world-class cloud infrastructure while maintaining optimal performance and cost-efficiency.
This role is ideal for experienced engineers passionate about performance optimization, system architecture, and working with cutting-edge cloud technology. You'll have the opportunity to make significant contributions to OCI's technical strategy while working with a global team of talented engineers.
Responsibilities For Principal Software Developer
- Work with OCI service teams to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks
- Perform in-depth system analysis across software and infrastructure layers
- Lead design discussions to improve service performance and architecture
- Deliver efficiency improvements that translate to tangible cost savings
- Build internal tooling or frameworks for benchmarking, profiling, and optimization
- Write clean, efficient, and well-tested code in Java and systems-level languages
- Produce detailed reports and recommendations for service teams and leadership
- Contribute to OCI's technical strategy on cloud infrastructure efficiency
Requirements For Principal Software Developer
- 10+ years of hands-on engineering experience in high-scale environments
- Strong proficiency in Java (core development, tuning, debugging)
- Deep understanding of system-level performance (latency, throughput, memory)
- Experience working in Linux environments
- Familiarity with containerized environments and OCI/Kubernetes-based deployments
- Experience with profiling tools, benchmarking, and performance optimization
- Experience with distributed systems or cloud service architecture
- Ability to work independently and collaborate with remote global teams
Benefits For Principal Software Developer
- Competitive benefits based on parity and consistency
- Flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options
- Volunteer programs
- Work-life balance
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