Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure (C++)
Listed on Oracle’s official careers site. Posted October 1, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there.
Apply on Oracle’s careers site →Job description
Are you interested in working on the Storage Infrastructure team that operates with Exabytes of data in 60+ regions? Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) customers run their businesses on our cloud, and our mission is to provide them with industry-leading computing, storage, networking, database, security, and an ever-expanding set of foundational cloud-based services. Our team seeks hands-on engineers with expertise and passion for solving complex problems in distributed systems, large-scale storage, and scaling services to meet future growth.
If this is you, you can be part of the team that drives the best-in-class Storage platform into its next development phase. These are exciting times for the service - we are growing fast and delivering innovative, enterprise-class features to satisfy various customer workloads. As a member of the Block Storage Data plane team, you will own the software design and development for core components and features on the I/O path of the Block Storage Service.
It would be best if you were a strong programmer and a distributed systems generalist, able to dive deep into any part of the stack and low-level systems and design broad distributed system interactions. You should value simplicity and scale, work comfortably in a collaborative, agile environment, and be excited to learn. https://www.oracle.com/cloud/storage/block-volumes/
Responsibilities
We’re looking for hands-on engineers with expertise and passion in solving difficult problems in distributed systems, virtualized infrastructure, and highly available storage services. As a Senior Member of Technical Staff, you will own the software design and development for major components of the Block Storage Service Infrastructure. You should be both a rock solid coder and a distributed systems generalist, able to dive deep into any part of the data plane stack and low level systems, as well as design broad distributed system interactions.
You should value simplicity and scale, work comfortably in a collaborative, agile environment, and be excited to learn.
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years experience delivering large scale, highly available distributed systems and backend services.
- Extensive experience developing clean code in C++ and scripting languages such as Python, etc.
- Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, multi-threading, I/O paths, operating systems, and distributed systems fundamentals.
- Strong understanding of block storage systems and distributed persistence technologies.
- Working familiarity with networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP) and standard network architectures.
- Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills.
- Experience building multi-tenant, virtualized storage infrastructure, data management
Qualifications
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: $79,200 to $209,500 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:
- 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 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 - IC3
More jobs at Oracle
Director, Platform Software Engineering
Seattle, WA, United States
Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer
Seattle, WA, United States
Similar jobs at other companies
Senior Lead Software Engineer - Infrastructure Platforms
JPMorganChase · Seattle, WA, United States
Software Development Engineer, Ads AI Core Infrastructure (ACI), Ads AI Core Infrastructure
Amazon · US, NY, New York
Senior Software Development Engineer, Ads AI Core Infrastructure (ACI), Ads AI Core Infrastructure
Amazon · US, NY, New York
Lead Software Engineer: DevOps & Infrastructure
JPMorganChase · OH, United States
Associate Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure - Moveworks
ServiceNow · Mountain View, CALIFORNIA, United States