Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer (OCI Object Storage)
Oracle · Seattle, WA
$114,600–$234,600from the description
Jul 15, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor engineering role on Oracle's Object Storage Service team, focused on designing and building large-scale distributed storage systems in a multi-tenant cloud environment. Day-to-day work spans architecting fault-tolerant, highly available components; optimizing for high-throughput workloads; building observability and alerting; and handling production incidents. Suits engineers with strong distributed systems experience who are comfortable owning significant technical scope and mentoring peers.
Senior level · National · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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The posting lists no specific named technologies, languages, or frameworks anywhere — the entire JD is written in terms of capabilities and responsibilities rather than concrete tools. Skills have been extracted from the firmest capability requirements described in the responsibilities section.
No explicit total years of experience requirement is stated. The role is internally leveled as IC4, which at Oracle typically corresponds to a Senior individual contributor.
Location is not specified beyond 'US'; the compensation range is stated as US-wide. No specific metro or state could be identified, so CBSA fields are left blank.
The posting does not state whether the role is remote, hybrid, or on-site; remote is set to false as a conservative default given the absence of any remote language.
Compensation includes eligibility for bonus and equity in addition to the stated base salary range.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): fault-tolerant system design, load-shedding / throttling / rate-limiting.
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