Principal Software Development Engineer

Principal Software Development Engineer

Are you interested in supporting large-scale distributed infrastructure for the cloud? The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) team offers an exciting opportunity to be part of an organization that supports and operates a suite of massive scale, integrated cloud services in a broadly distributed, multi-tenant cloud environment. OCI is committed to providing the best in cloud products that meet the needs of our customers who are tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges. Our mission is to provide our customers with best-in-class compute, storage, networking, database, security, and an ever-expanding set of foundational cloud-based services. Learn more at cloud.oracle.com.

OCI Console is the web interface for OCI customers. The mission of our team is to make the UI surfaces within OCI Console easier to use and extend. We deliver both customer-facing solutions that bridge the boundaries between services as well as the UI infrastructure that other teams in the broader OCI use to do the same. The team also supports backend development and platform operations. As such, we operate and support both internal partners and external customers and other service teams across Oracle.

This team is targeting candidates in the U.S. who can work ONSITE in Nashville-TN (priority) or Austin-TX (secondary). Relocation Assistance is provided. This is not a remote position.

Responsibilities

As a member of the software engineering division, you will take an active role in the definition and evolution of standard practices and procedures. You will be responsible for defining and developing software for tasks associated with the developing, designing, and debugging of software applications or operating systems. The Principal Software Development Engineer role works on UI projects for new features and products the Console organization is building, as well as the components that other UX/UI Engineers use to build their own UIs. As a leading team member, you will work with Product/Design during the design phase, author a technical approach to building the features, and break down, refine, and deliver the work with your team. The ideal candidate will be passionate, self-motivated, able to multitask effectively, and have strong communication skills. This individual will be fairly autonomous and be expected to contribute to a wide range of high-impact projects across the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure console.

The following are some of the day-to-day responsibilities within the Team:

• Helping to define/triage/estimate work in the backlog.
• Write UI code according to UX Design Specs.
• Write Unit and Functional test code to test the UI code he and others have written.
• Design/Re-design new and existing backend services.
• Work with partner teams to identify and fix backend performance and architectural issues.
• Fix Defects and participate in Bug Bashes.
• Participate in the code review process, validating the implementation and providing feedback.
• Breaking down work for the rest of the team in the form of Stories in the backlog.
• Leading other members of the team in the accomplishment of the work in the backlog.
• Assist and mentor other members of the team.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or related fields or equivalent experience.
• 8-10+ years of experience in UI development and backend development.
• Experience with Java, Javascript, ReactJS, Webpack, CSS.
• Experience interfacing with JSON REST APIs.
• Experience with Typescript, Node.js/npm, Enzyme, Jest.
• Experience with container-based deployment (e.g., Docker).
• Familiarity with designing and implementing form-factor independent UI.
• Working experience within a Linux-based environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with continuous deployment tools.
• Experience with source control.
• Ability to design and implement UI components that provide an intuitive and seamless customer experience.
• Ability to translate wireframes into prototypes and production-ready interfaces.
• Ability to quickly pick up new languages and technologies.
• Experience with Agile Methodologies, specifically Scrum.
• Self-driven, able to work independently on a project even while the design is evolving.
• Strong desire to stay on top of new technologies and services.
• Passionate about learning.
• Strong communication skills, including cross-team collaboration.
• Ability to deliver basic functionality and iterate.

Key skills/competency

• UI Development
• Backend Development
• Java
• JavaScript
• ReactJS
• REST APIs
• TypeScript
• Node.js
• Docker
• Linux