Principal Member of Technical Staff

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As a member of the software engineering division, you will define, design, and lead the development of major software components. Provide technical leadership to other developers, set architectural direction, and deliver high-impact solutions. Anticipate future needs and build extensible systems to support them.

We are a team that builds and maintains distributed services to manage OCI networks. Currently, we are looking for experienced engineers with deep expertise in automating, scaling, and managing large fleets of networking devices. These are exciting times, and our team is undergoing rapid growth while working on ambitious initiatives. At the IC4 level, engineers are expected to make strategic technical decisions, drive cross-team alignment, and have broad technical and business impact.

Qualifications

Career Level - IC4

Responsibilities

As a Principal Member of Technical Staff (IC4) on the Network Fleet Management team, you will:
Own the design and architecture of tooling and infrastructure to manage OCI’s rapidly growing fleet of networking devices.
Lead technical initiatives for onboarding new regions, capacity expansion, deployment tooling, patching, fleet monitoring, and automation.
Drive end-to-end ownership of critical services, ensuring availability, security, and scalability.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to other engineers, reviewing designs and guiding best practices.
Partner with multiple teams across OCI to deliver networking solutions that are best-in-class.
Define and improve operational excellence, including runbooks, automation, and monitoring systems.
Influence long-term strategy and roadmap for networking fleet management and related automation systems.
Participate in on-call rotation and lead efforts to improve reliability and reduce operational load.

Qualifications

You are an expert in Linux, proficient with Python, Go, BASH, and Java, with strong networking and systems engineering experience. You value simplicity and scale, thrive in collaborative and agile environments, and are excited to lead others in building highly reliable systems.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical fields.
8+ years of experience in software engineering or systems engineering.
5+ years of experience with Linux system engineering.
5+ years of experience with Python/BASH/Java/Go.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Shepherd/Terraform) at scale.
Strong DevOps and CI/CD experience, including build tools and pipelines (TeamCity, Maven, Make, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience leading large-scale distributed systems or networking automation projects.
Experience driving cross-team technical initiatives and influencing design decisions at org level.
Prior cloud infrastructure experience.
Hardware qualification experience (embedded development).
Strong track record of improving reliability and reducing operational burden through automation.

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