Principal Software Engineer - Opensearch

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Search Service with OpenSearch

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Search Service with OpenSearch is an insight engine offered as an Oracle managed service. Without any downtime, Oracle automates patching, updating, upgrading, backing up, and resizing the service. Customers can store, search, and analyze large volumes of data quickly and see results in near real time.

We are looking for a highly skilled Principal Software Developer to join our team of talented engineers. As an ideal candidate, you will have strong expertise in building and maintaining large-scale, distributed cloud services. You will be responsible for designing and implementing secure, scalable, and reliable solutions, while following best practices in development, testing and operations. You should thrive in a collaborative, hybrid, and agile environment, and have a passion for continuous learning and innovation to drive the evolution of our systems.

You will be a part of a dynamic team working on the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Search Service with OpenSearch, directly responsible for ensuring customer success by delivering cutting-edge features and operating the service with excellence. You will architect and design solutions to challenging problems in distributed systems, virtualized infrastructure, and highly available services. You will work to automate DevOps procedures and continuously improve site reliability engineering practices, working along with passionate engineers who are fueled by serving customers and pushing the innovation and quality bar higher.

We offer unique opportunities for smart, hands-on engineers with the expertise and passion to solve the world's most difficult technical problems. Our team members have significant technical and business impact by designing and building innovative systems to power customers' business-critical applications. This is an exceptional opportunity to solve complex problems at massive scale and make a transformative impact on cloud technologies and customer experience.

Responsibilities

As a Principal Software Developer you will be required to :

• Design, implement, and improve new features, enhancements, and bug fixes for our services, ensuring high-quality and efficient code.
• Contribute to design decisions, release planning, and ensure operational excellence for all changes going to production environments.
• Contribute in maintaining and enhancing build systems, test frameworks, and performance / scalability testing systems to ensure smooth operations.
• Work closely with internal and external teams to resolve blockers and ensure timely release delivery.
• Participate in on-call rotation, assisting the team with troubleshooting complex distributed network issues through effective debugging and collaboration across teams within OCI.
• Implement security best practices, ensuring that services meet OCI's security standards.
• Act as a mentor to junior engineers, providing guidance on best practices, code reviews, and problem-solving.
• Ensure robust unit tests, integration tests, and continuous integration practices are in place.
• Model OCI's values, demonstrating leadership in innovation, excellence, and collaboration, while fostering a growth mindset across the team.

Key Experience

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline or equivalent industry experience with 10+ years in software engineering or infrastructure roles.

Demonstrated expertise in designing, implementing, deploying, and managing scalable OpenSearch / Elasticsearch / other open source managed service clusters, supporting diverse use cases such as application search, log analytics, and observability pipelines.

Deep understanding of distributed systems architecture, including experience building and maintaining high-throughput, highly available services at scale.

Proficient in high-level programming languages, particularly Java and Python, with a strong emphasis on clean, maintainable, and testable code.

Hands-on experience with DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles including infrastructure automation, monitoring / alerting, incident response, and performance tuning.

Exposure to vector databases is a plus.

Disclaimer : Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only US : Hiring Range in USD from : $96,800 to $223,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity. 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. Career Level - IC4

About Us

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