Principal Software Engineer – Studio In The Cloud

Principal Engineer

You will work with a talented group of software developers, designing scalable, highly available cloud services in a world-class cloud development environment. For this senior engineering role, we are seeking an individual with substantial experience in design authorship, building and leading development, delivery and operation of cloud services at the technical level. Prior experience and deep domain knowledge in media production pipeline infrastructure services used in film, animation and game development studios is highly desired. Principal Engineer is an individual contributor role that requires a proven track record of success and technical depth and maturity as a software developer. We seek individuals with evolved soft skills in addition to technical acumen. Excellent communication and the ability to lead and collaborate with others are hallmarks. You will mentor other engineers and must be capable of driving complex technical projects and assignments independently and with confidence. You will have continuous opportunities for technical innovation.

Responsibilities include:

• Cloud service design for availability, scalability, observability, and testability.
• Implementation, validation, and documentation of services and their component microservices.
• Collaboration within the engineering team to deliver and operate cloud services that enable animation, film, and game development studios to run their production workflows in the cloud.
• Staying abreast of emerging technologies, industry best practices, ensuring compliance, and driving innovation within the organization.
• Launching new cloud services and establishing operational excellence.
• Leading implementation to realize and achieve the technical vision of the team.
• Ability to engage with geographically distributed engineering teams.
• Coaching and mentoring other members of the engineering staff.
• Establishing and ensuring compliance to software development standards, processes, and best practices.

Qualifications include:

• BS/CS Computer Science or related field and 8+ years software development experience.
• Large/enterprise scale software development and engineering experience, particularly with cloud services and distributed systems.
• Domain knowledge and experience with workflows and pipelines for media production: digital asset management and namespaces, familiarity with 3d frameworks, universal scene description, scene graphs, layers and models, 3d data packaging, rendering workflows, image composition, tools used in the workflow by artists, engineers, editors, and content creators is highly desired.
• Experience as a lead developer in the design, implementation, and operation of cloud services.
• Experience collaborating with geo-distributed teams.
• Extensive background and experience in software implementation, code and design review, failure root cause analysis.
• Designing for availability, observability, scalability, testability, and recoverability.

Disclaimer: Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only. US: Hiring range in USD from: $96,800 to $223,400 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; 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match; 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. 11 paid holidays; 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. Paid parental leave; adoption assistance; Employee Stock Purchase Plan; financial planning and group legal; voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance.