Sr Principal Software Developer

You will work with an exceptional team solving some of the world's most challenging distributed cloud database problems. If you're looking for the next big challenge in building a world class cloud based NoSQL Database storage engine, the Oracle NoSQL Database development team is the right place for you.

Additionally to working on the NoSQL Database storage engine, you will work on the Berkely Database Java Edition (BDB JE) code line. BDB JE has a strong presence inside Oracle as a premier embedded database.



Career Level - IC5

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. Define specifications for significant new projects and specify, design and develop software according to those specifications. You will perform professional software development tasks associated with the developing, designing and debugging of software applications or operating systems.

A successful candidate will have a combination of the following:

A minimum of fifteen years working on the development of mission critical large scale systems

Deep experience with complex distributed systems, parallel distributed algorithms, and distributed consensus protocols

Deep knowledge in one or more of(concurrent B-tree access methods, ACID transactions, logging & recovery)

Strong knowledge of Java, C, or C++ and experience with scripting languages such as Python.

Strong knowledge of concurrent programming in distributed environments

Strong knowledge of append only storage systems

Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills.

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Experience working in large scale cloud environments

A relentless curiosity for new technologies, programming paradigms, and systems

BS, MS, or PHD in computer science

Highly Desirable Skills

Knowledge of one or more LSM tree based systems like RocksDB or LevelDB

Knowledge of performance tuning and analysis in large scale distributed systems

Skills:
Java (Programming Language),NoSQL databases