Principal Platform Software Engineer

As a Principal Platform Software Engineer, you will be responsible for leading design, implementation, test, deploy and operate highly scalable services for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's Cryptography division (Key Management Service). You should be a rock-solid coder, and a distributed systems generalist who can dive deep into any part of the stack and low-level systems and design broad distributed system interactions. You should be able to work independently and as part of a team in an Agile environment and mentor junior engineers. You should be an expert communicator to both technical and non-technical stakeholders in multiple locations around the globe. You should also be able to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment driving results and thrive even when faced with ambiguity and uncertainty. Most importantly, you should be a team player, someone who is eager to learn, and willing to do whatever it takes to help the team succeed.

Preferred Experience

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Minimum 7 years in a software-engineering related position, at least half of which was in an Agile/DevOps environment
• 5+ years of Java development or OO language
• 5+ years of experience in building and operating distributed systems
• Strong knowledge of microservices, data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems.
• Solid understanding of relational databases, NoSQL systems, storage, and distributed persistence
• Excellent troubleshooting, debugging, and performance tuning skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex information clearly and concisely to all audiences.
• Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix fundamentals is highly desirable

Knowledge and working experience in cryptography is highly desirable

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