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# Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure at Oracle

Department: Software Engineering

Compensation · Listed in posting

$114,600 – $234,600/yr

**Location**
: Nashville, Tennessee

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: senior

**Posted**
: Sep 16, 2026

## Description

Oracle is hiring a Distributed Systems Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and evolution of core distributed systems and data-plane services at hyperscale. The role focuses on scalable, fault-tolerant, highly available systems; high-throughput data paths; service reliability and observability; performance, load, fault-injection, and brownout testing; production incident response; Infrastructure as Code; and secure, compliant cloud infrastructure. The engineer will also architect and operate liquid-cooled GPU infrastructure, automate manufacturing test lifecycles, and partner with supply chain, hardware development, manufacturing partners, data-center operations, and NVIDIA and AMD. The role requires a bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field and at least seven years of professional software-engineering experience.

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