Principal Software Engineer
Oracle · Baton Rouge, LA
$114,600–$234,600from the description
Jun 29, 2026
Baton Rouge, LA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor engineering role on Oracle's cloud compute team, focused on designing and developing core components of large-scale distributed infrastructure. The work spans low-level systems programming, distributed system architecture, and operating cloud services at scale. It suits an experienced engineer with deep knowledge of systems internals, networking, and distributed systems who is comfortable working across the full stack.
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 10 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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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 title 'Principal Member of Technical Staff' is Oracle's internal IC4 career level label, not a true Principal-band role in the industry sense. The requirements (8-10+ years, strong coding and distributed systems fundamentals) are consistent with a Senior individual contributor, so seniority is assessed as Senior despite the advertised title.
C, C++, and Java are presented as interchangeable options ('strong knowledge of C, C++ or Java'); one skill entry captures all three with alternatives.
Python and Perl are presented as interchangeable scripting language examples; one skill entry captures both.
Multi-tenant virtualized infrastructure experience is explicitly called 'a strong plus,' placing it in the preferred category.
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.
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