Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer at Oracle
Pierre, SD
$96,800–$306,400from the description
Jun 30, 2026
Pierre, SD
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor engineering role focused on redesigning the core routing and data-plane infrastructure underpinning a large cloud networking platform. Day-to-day work involves architecting and building highly available distributed systems for routing, workload placement, and fleet lifecycle management, while also setting technical direction, conducting design reviews, and mentoring other engineers across multiple teams. Suits experienced engineers with deep distributed-systems and network-routing backgrounds who have held cross-team technical leadership responsibilities.
Principal level · 10+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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.
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Why we read it this way (6)
The role is titled 'Senior Principal Member of Technical Staff' (Oracle's IC5 career level), which maps to Principal on the seniority ladder — this is an org-wide technical authority role with cross-team architectural scope, not merely a Senior IC.
The 10+ years requirement is explicitly tied to the role level ('designing and building large-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, networking software, or systems software'), so it is captured as the overall years minimum rather than per-skill years.
Network routing protocol implementation experience is called 'highly desirable' in the requirements section, but the section itself is a hard-requirements block; the framing 'highly desirable' softens it slightly — it is retained as required given its placement, but noted here for the hiring manager's awareness.
The degree requirement (BS or MS in CS/Engineering) explicitly accepts 'equivalent practical experience', so no minimum degree is flagged.
No specific work location is stated in the posting beyond 'US'; the CBSA and state fields are left blank accordingly.
OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) is listed as a preferred/contextual skill since the posting describes the team's platform but does not gate candidates on prior OCI experience specifically — familiarity with any major cloud platform would satisfy the requirement.
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