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Senior Principal Software Engineer - Media Services

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$96,800 - $251,600
Cloud
Principal Software Engineer
Hybrid
5,000+ Employees
10+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · Cloud

Job Description

As a Senior Principal Engineer in Oracle's Media Services team, you will have broad ownership of core technical components and cloud services that enable streaming providers to move their workloads to OCI. You'll work on services including playback, content augmentation, video transcoding and packaging, content delivery, streaming analytics, and flexible billing & cost analytics. This is a unique opportunity to build a competitive product from the ground up and extend OCI's reach into the media and entertainment industry.

The role requires substantial experience in building, leading, and operating cloud services at a high technical level. Experience in video playback, video encoding technologies, content delivery using CDNs, and live streaming is highly desired. This individual contributor role is one of the senior-most technical positions within Oracle Cloud.

You will collaborate with engineering leaders to shape the path to success, leveraging your experience as a lead developer to influence and direct projects. Strong communication abilities, leadership, and collaboration are essential. You'll mentor engineers, drive complex technical projects, and lead initiatives with confidence and independence.

The position offers comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k) matching, flexible vacation, parental leave, and stock purchase plans. Salary ranges from $96,800 to $251,600 per annum with potential for bonus and equity compensation.

This role represents an opportunity to work at the intersection of cloud computing and media services, building next-generation streaming solutions while leading and mentoring engineering teams. The ideal candidate will combine deep technical expertise with strong leadership abilities to drive innovation in Oracle's media services platform.

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Responsibilities For Senior Principal Software Engineer - Media Services

  • Research in state of the art of specific technical focus areas
  • Cloud service architecture, micro-service design, scalability, observability and availability provisions
  • Design and implementation of services and their component micro-services
  • Collaboration within the engineering team to deliver and operate cloud services
  • Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry best practices
  • Launching new cloud services and establishing operational excellence
  • Lead implementation to realize technical vision
  • Coaching, mentoring, and developing best talent
  • Establishing software development standards and best practices
  • Defining OKRs and KPIs for decision making

Requirements For Senior Principal Software Engineer - Media Services

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  • BS/CS Computer Science or related field
  • 10+ years software development experience
  • Large/enterprise scale software development experience
  • Domain knowledge in playback, content augmentation, video transcoding
  • Experience as a lead developer in cloud services
  • Experience collaborating with geo-distributed teams
  • Background in software implementation, code review, failure analysis
  • Designing for availability, observability, scalability

Benefits For Senior Principal Software Engineer - Media Services

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401k
Parental Leave
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Short term and long term disability
  • Life insurance and AD&D
  • Health care and dependent care FSA
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Flexible Vacation
  • 11 paid holidays
  • Paid sick leave
  • Paid parental leave
  • Adoption assistance
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan