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At a glance
Oracle is hiring a Senior Principal Software Developer - IC5 in Santa Clara, CA; Seattle, WA +2. It is a full-time role in Software & IT, asking for at least 10 years of experience, first listed on November 5. The advertised pay is $135,200–$306,400 a year. The description mentions CI/CD, Java, C++, C#, Python and Agile. Oracle has 121 other openings in the US, 9 of them in Santa Clara, CA. Across all employers on USA Jobs 24 there are 220 Software & IT openings in Santa Clara, CA today; the typical one asks for 7 years and advertises about $192,000 a year at the midpoint.
How the pay compares
Oracle advertises $135,200 to $306,400 a year, a midpoint of $220,800 a year. Where an offer lands in a range usually depends on experience and on the exact location. That is higher than about 57% of the 1,334 software & IT jobs in California that publish a yearly rate on USA Jobs 24, where the typical midpoint is $213,000 a year. To see roughly what this leaves after federal and California tax, try our take-home pay calculator.
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About hiring at Oracle
Oracle has 122 openings on USA Jobs 24 today across 17 states. Most are in software & IT (49), data & AI (24) and product & design (15). The biggest locations are Nashville, TN (41), Seattle, WA (18) and Austin, TX (12). None of them is fully remote, 5% are open to entry-level candidates and 100% show pay. We collect Oracle's jobs every day straight from its own careers system (Oracle Recruiting Cloud), never from job boards or agencies.
The employer's advert
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is building the next generation of enterprise cloud services at global scale. The OCI DevOps team delivers customer-facing CI/CD capabilities and is focused on building secure, high-performance, enterprise-grade DevOps solutions. We're looking for engineers who are passionate about distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and solving complex technical challenges. This is an opportunity to build cloud-scale services from the ground up, work with cutting-edge technologies, and make a meaningful impact in a fast-growing organization.
Responsibilities
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent proven experience
• 10+ years of experience building and operating large scale, highly available, cloud based distributed systems
• Specialist skill in a modern programming language such as Java, C, C++, C#, Go, or Python, with proficiency in additional languages preferred
• Validated understanding of operating system fundamentals
• Strong understanding of data models and distributed persistence technologies
• Thorough understanding of the latest security principles, techniques, and protocols
• Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills
• Proficiency in network, distributed, asynchronous, and concurrent programming
• Knowledge of professional software engineering standard methodologies for the full software development process
• Experience building and operating scalable infrastructure software or distributed systems
• Experience using Web Services such as EC2, EBS, Lambda, Dynamo and S3 or equivalents
• Proven track record to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast-paced environment
• Passion for technical leadership and mentoring
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical skills, with excellent problem-solving abilities
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience in Agile/SCRUM enterprise-scale software development
• Experience with big data solutions
• Direct experience with fleet orchestration for both virtual and containerized workloads
• Knowledge of Machine Learning fundamentals
• Working familiarity with networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP) and standard network architectures
• Working familiarity with storage principles, protocols and practices
• Working familiarity with building secure software using modern security principles
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: $135,200 to $306,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
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:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. 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 - IC5
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