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Senior Software Engineer - OCI Virtual Networking Data Plane

Oracle

Oracle

Software Engineering
United States · Austin, TX, USA · Nashville, TN, USA
USD 79,200-178,100 / year + Equity
Posted on Feb 28, 2026

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a talented and motivated Senior Member of Technical Staff (IC3) to join our team building Tier-0 virtual networking dataplane services (Internet Gateway/ Dynamic Routing Gateway). You will design, develop, troubleshoot, and operate highly distributed, low-latency systems that power OCI networking at massive scale. We’re looking for engineers with strong systems fundamentals and an interest in high-performance data paths, scalable data planes, and low latency packet processing. If you’re excited by building robust distributed platforms, optimizing for reliability and performance, and owning services end to end, this is the role for you.


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True innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That’s why we’re committed to growing a workforce that promotes opportunities for all with competitive benefits that support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.

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Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.


Design, build, and operate OCI’s Tier‑0 virtual networking dataplane - highly distributed, low‑latency systems delivering massive scale and impact.
Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $79,200 to $178,100 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - IC3



Are you interested in building cloud-scale infrastructure from first principles and being part of a world class development team? Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure team is building second-generation Infrastructure-as-a-Service technologies that operate in a broadly distributed, multi-tenant cloud environment.

https://cloud.oracle.com/en_US/cloud-infrastructure

We're looking for hands-on engineer who enjoys solving interesting and challenging problems in high-performance distributed systems. Our group builds massively scalable, highly available virtual networking services that connect customer resources in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to internal and external networks and services. Few examples of our services are Internet Gateway (IGW), and Dynamic Routing Gateway (DRG).

As a Senior Member of Technical Staff, you will design, implement and operate components of Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure. You should value simplicity and scale, work comfortably in a collaborative, agile environment, and be excited to learn. If you’re curious and excited to own and manage a high-impact piece of the cloud, you’ll fit right in with our group.

Requirements:

  • At least 3-5 years of software development experience with C, C++ or Go
  • Working knowledge of Python or other scripting language
  • At least 1 year of experience in Terraform development.
  • Understanding of data structures and algorithms and ability to optimize those to support high scale architectures
  • Working familiarity with network virtualization, network protocols and distributed systems
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and test-driven development
  • Strong understanding of IaaS/SaaS concepts and best practices
  • Excellent troubleshooting, debugging and performance tuning skills
  • Ability to contribute individually as well as provide direction and mentor others
  • BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area

Bonus Qualifications:

  • Proficiency with networking concepts and protocols, including TCP/IP, BGP, and MPLS
  • Strong data structures, algorithms, or systems background
  • Knowledge of software engineering best practices, source control, build, testing processes, and operations