Senior Principal Software Engineer at Oracle
Lansing, MI
$135,200–$306,400from the description
Jul 13, 2026
Lansing, MI
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor role focused on the core I/O path of a cloud block storage service. The engineer designs, builds, and operates distributed data-plane components at scale, writing primarily in C++ with Python scripting, while technically leading projects and mentoring other engineers. It suits a seasoned distributed-systems engineer with deep knowledge of storage, low-level systems, and highly available infrastructure.
Senior level · 10+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The job title is 'Lead' (IC5 career level per Oracle's internal ladder), but the posting is for a hands-on individual contributor — no direct-report or people-management responsibilities are described, so this is classified as Senior rather than Staff or Principal despite the 10+ year requirement and 'lead' framing.
No specific work location is stated in the posting beyond 'US'; the CBSA and state fields are left blank accordingly. The compensation range is US-wide.
Python is listed as an example scripting language ('C++ and scripting languages such as Python, etc.') within the required qualifications block. The 'such as' qualifier means the specific language is interchangeable, but scripting proficiency itself is a hard gate; Python is named as the primary example.
TCP/IP and HTTP appear under 'Working familiarity with' in the qualifications block — a softer phrase, but the block is unambiguously a requirements section, so they are treated as hard gates.
The posting mentions bonus and equity eligibility but provides no specific figures for those components.
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