Oracle
Senior Principal Software Engineer (IC5) – Kubernetes & OKE
Oracle, Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37247
Senior Principal Software Engineer (IC5) – Kubernetes & OKE
Are you ready to define and drive what’s possible in the world of cloud-native technologies? At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we’re on a mission to empower the largest enterprises and disruptors alike with infrastructure that combines the elasticity of public cloud and the security, reliability, and granular control demanded by mission‑critical workloads.
Job Description The Kubernetes teams are at the forefront of this transformation—designing and delivering enterprise‑grade Kubernetes that powers thousands of customer workloads globally. As a Senior Principal Software Engineer (IC5), you will be the technical force behind OKE’s next wave of innovation. Your expertise in distributed systems, containers, and Kubernetes will directly shape architectural direction, guide best practices, and influence major product strategy.
What Makes This Opportunity Unique?
Transform OCI’s Kubernetes Platform: Spearhead architectural design and technical strategy for OKE, affecting customers worldwide and helping define the industry standard for cloud‑native platforms.
Drive End‑to‑End Solutions: Own the entire software lifecycle, from design and implementation to operations and monitoring, ensuring supreme reliability and scalability.
Cross‑Org Influence: Partner with product, security, operations, and support teams, influencing technical direction and advocating best practices across OCI.
Empower and Mentor: Nurture and develop a high‑performing engineering culture—mentoring, coaching, and growing individuals and teams.
Innovate at Scale: Solve complex engineering challenges like multi‑tenant access, seamless integrations, automated operations, and resilient high‑scale architectures.
Represent Oracle: Share expertise in technical forums, with strategic customers, and in the open source/CNCF community.
What You’ll Do
Design, architect, and build core components for OKE and OCI’s Kubernetes ecosystem, addressing reliability, security, performance, and scale.
Set and uphold engineering standards, best practices, and automation requirements for your team and the broader organization.
Lead deep architecture reviews, identify technical risks and trade‑offs, and guide teams across boundaries to deliver on ambitious roadmaps.
Drive operational excellence through automation, observability, and continuous improvement—ensuring services are robust, reliable, and ready for 24x7 scale.
Collaborate extensively with peer teams—security, networking, product, operations—to solve unique challenges and support critical customer needs.
Contribute to the open source community, advocate for cloud‑native technologies inside and outside the company, and help Oracle build strong industry partnerships.
Who You Are
A veteran software engineer (10+ years) with deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and the Kubernetes ecosystem.
Proficient in Go, Java, Python, or similar programming languages, with an automation‑first mindset.
Expert in architecting, deploying, and managing highly available container platforms at scale, ideally in public cloud environments.
Known for your technical vision—you’ve set direction, influenced org‑wide practices, and led multiple teams through substantial technical transformations.
A collaborative leader: you thrive in cross‑functional environments, relish mentoring others, and enjoy elevating the entire organization’s technical excellence.
Passionate about customer outcomes and always looking for ways to innovate and improve the developer/operator experience.
Responsibilities
Architect, design, implement, and operate robust and scalable services for OKE and Kubernetes on OCI, focusing on high availability, reliability, and performance.
Own and drive technical strategy and roadmaps for new and existing Kubernetes features, deep OCI integrations, and cloud‑native automation tooling.
Lead complex design reviews, identify and mitigate deep technical risks, and set the engineering quality bar for your team and organization.
Collaborate cross‑functionally with security, operations, product management, and customer teams—often influencing outcomes beyond your immediate team.
Mentor and guide engineers through code reviews, architecture discussions, and hands‑on technical leadership.
Develop tooling, automation, and monitoring to improve operational excellence, reduce toil, and accelerate safe delivery of new features.
Participate in customer engagements as a subject matter expert, helping solve their toughest container‑platform challenges.
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
Short term disability and long term disability
Life insurance and AD&D
Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
Pre‑tax commuter and parking benefits
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non‑overtime eligible) position.
11 paid holidays
Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire.
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Financial planning and group legal
Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Compensation Range (US) Hiring range in USD from: $96,800 – $251,600 per year. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
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Job Description The Kubernetes teams are at the forefront of this transformation—designing and delivering enterprise‑grade Kubernetes that powers thousands of customer workloads globally. As a Senior Principal Software Engineer (IC5), you will be the technical force behind OKE’s next wave of innovation. Your expertise in distributed systems, containers, and Kubernetes will directly shape architectural direction, guide best practices, and influence major product strategy.
What Makes This Opportunity Unique?
Transform OCI’s Kubernetes Platform: Spearhead architectural design and technical strategy for OKE, affecting customers worldwide and helping define the industry standard for cloud‑native platforms.
Drive End‑to‑End Solutions: Own the entire software lifecycle, from design and implementation to operations and monitoring, ensuring supreme reliability and scalability.
Cross‑Org Influence: Partner with product, security, operations, and support teams, influencing technical direction and advocating best practices across OCI.
Empower and Mentor: Nurture and develop a high‑performing engineering culture—mentoring, coaching, and growing individuals and teams.
Innovate at Scale: Solve complex engineering challenges like multi‑tenant access, seamless integrations, automated operations, and resilient high‑scale architectures.
Represent Oracle: Share expertise in technical forums, with strategic customers, and in the open source/CNCF community.
What You’ll Do
Design, architect, and build core components for OKE and OCI’s Kubernetes ecosystem, addressing reliability, security, performance, and scale.
Set and uphold engineering standards, best practices, and automation requirements for your team and the broader organization.
Lead deep architecture reviews, identify technical risks and trade‑offs, and guide teams across boundaries to deliver on ambitious roadmaps.
Drive operational excellence through automation, observability, and continuous improvement—ensuring services are robust, reliable, and ready for 24x7 scale.
Collaborate extensively with peer teams—security, networking, product, operations—to solve unique challenges and support critical customer needs.
Contribute to the open source community, advocate for cloud‑native technologies inside and outside the company, and help Oracle build strong industry partnerships.
Who You Are
A veteran software engineer (10+ years) with deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and the Kubernetes ecosystem.
Proficient in Go, Java, Python, or similar programming languages, with an automation‑first mindset.
Expert in architecting, deploying, and managing highly available container platforms at scale, ideally in public cloud environments.
Known for your technical vision—you’ve set direction, influenced org‑wide practices, and led multiple teams through substantial technical transformations.
A collaborative leader: you thrive in cross‑functional environments, relish mentoring others, and enjoy elevating the entire organization’s technical excellence.
Passionate about customer outcomes and always looking for ways to innovate and improve the developer/operator experience.
Responsibilities
Architect, design, implement, and operate robust and scalable services for OKE and Kubernetes on OCI, focusing on high availability, reliability, and performance.
Own and drive technical strategy and roadmaps for new and existing Kubernetes features, deep OCI integrations, and cloud‑native automation tooling.
Lead complex design reviews, identify and mitigate deep technical risks, and set the engineering quality bar for your team and organization.
Collaborate cross‑functionally with security, operations, product management, and customer teams—often influencing outcomes beyond your immediate team.
Mentor and guide engineers through code reviews, architecture discussions, and hands‑on technical leadership.
Develop tooling, automation, and monitoring to improve operational excellence, reduce toil, and accelerate safe delivery of new features.
Participate in customer engagements as a subject matter expert, helping solve their toughest container‑platform challenges.
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
Short term disability and long term disability
Life insurance and AD&D
Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
Pre‑tax commuter and parking benefits
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non‑overtime eligible) position.
11 paid holidays
Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire.
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Financial planning and group legal
Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Compensation Range (US) Hiring range in USD from: $96,800 – $251,600 per year. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
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