Principal Software Engineer

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.

s 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.