Lead Principal Systems Software Engineer

Lead architecture and hands-on implementation of control plane services and Kubernetes integrations for Cloud Infrastructure and Services. Deliver secure APIs and resilient resource-management workflows for on-premises environments, and guide engineering practices that improve service reliability and developer productivity.

Disclaimer:

Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $146,300 to $306,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.


Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
As part of Oracle's onboarding process and consistent with applicable law, US-based employees are required to complete identity verification, which involves the collection and processing of their biometric information. Accommodations to this requirement may be granted following an individualized assessment.

Key Responsibilities

• Define customer-facing and internal management APIs, including security boundaries, lifecycle behavior, compatibility and integration contracts.

• Design resilient metering and resource-consumption reporting that tolerates outages, supports asynchronous recovery and preserves usage correctness.

• Lead resource reclamation, storage-consumption tracking, disaster recovery and cross-datacenter peering integrations with product and operations teams.

• Architect Kubernetes as a Service for constrained enterprise environments with proxy, bastion, firewall, high-availability and operational requirements.

• Develop ZFS Storage Appliance CSI integrations and promote reviewed AI-assisted engineering workflows through practical implementation and team training.

• Own design documentation, code reviews and functional, integration and failure testing; improve observability, secure development and lifecycle compatibility.

• Partner with support, operations, security and engineering teams to resolve customer issues, document recovery procedures and prevent recurrence.

Required Qualifications

• Experience architecting cloud control planes, distributed services and secure REST or HTTP APIs.

• Strong software development skills in Java, Python, Go or comparable languages, with hands-on Kubernetes and storage integration.

• Understanding of asynchronous recovery, metering correctness, resource lifecycle management and enterprise network constraints.

• Ability to lead technical decisions, implement critical components and mentor engineers across product and operations boundaries.

• Demonstrated delivery of complex infrastructure initiatives, clear technical communication and effective collaboration across distributed teams.

• Relevant education in computer science, engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Cloud Infrastructure and Services architecture, Kubernetes CSI development, ZFSSA management, OCI integrations, MCP tooling and engineering education or enablement.

Core Responsibilities

• Plan and execute complex engineering work with clear milestones, dependency management and timely risk escalation.

• Mentor engineers, contribute to interviews and technical reviews, and share practical knowledge across teams.

• Use customer feedback, operational data and continuous learning to improve design quality, delivery efficiency and supportability.

Success Measures

• Deliver resilient API and usage workflows with tested outage and recovery semantics.

• Improve Kubernetes and storage integration usability while reducing manual operational work.

Problem Solving:

• Leads specialized, advanced problem-solving efforts, serving as an escalation point for complex issues.

• Guides others to leverage innovative data-driven techniques to address ambiguous or novel issues, identify root causes, and drives the implementation of solutions that prevent future issues.

Continuous Learning:

• Leverages deep industry knowledge and expertise to serve as a thought leader within the organization.

• Contributes to the advancement of the field or industry through thought leadership (e.g., conference presentations, white papers, research contributions).

• Maintains and evolves expertise in relevant areas by proactively monitoring emerging trends, technologies, and industry standards, ensuring the organization remains current with best practices.

• Champions continuous learning and knowledge sharing, promoting professional development across teams.

• Applies new knowledge to drive advancement and mentors others to do the same.

Continuous Improvement:

• Develops innovative solutions and drives the implementation of ideas that increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows across the organization.

• Evaluates effectiveness of updated approaches and methods for continued improvement to enhance efficiencies and ensure changes align with organizational goals.

• Designs and develops metrics to measure success of improvement initiatives.

Performance and Development:

• Serves as a subject matter expert regarding talent needs and organizational talent strategy.

• Imparts leadership and expert knowledge throughout the talent development pipeline including candidate interviews, candidate assessment, and hiring decisions, ensuring alignment with organizational talent strategy.