Principal Software Developer - OCI (relocation to CZ)

We are looking for hands-on engineers with expertise and passion in solving difficult problems in all areas of cloud service software engineering : high scale distributed systems, virtualized infrastructure, identity, security, observability, and user experience.

We are growing fast, still at an early stage, and working on ambitious new initiatives. An engineer at any level can have significant technical and business impact here. You will be part of a team of smart, motivated, diverse people, and given the autonomy as well as support to do your best work. It is a dynamic and flexible workplace where you’ll belong and be encouraged.

Position Overview

You have experience with the design of major features and launching them into production. You’ve built and operated high-scale public cloud services and have a deep understanding of control plane architecture. You work on most projects and tasks independently and extend your technical expertise to development teams.

In this role, you will enable development teams by driving design of major service components, working with engineering managers and TPMs, and providing direct guidance to more junior team members. You can go from high level system design, writing architectural documentation and driving engineering peer reviews to hands-on prototyping, code reviews and project bootstrapping.

You are technically strong and get a lot done. You can balance speed and quality with iteration and incremental improvements. You’ve made life easier for other developers and have motivated your teams to make both process and service improvements with your ability to automate and instrument your service. You understand operational excellence and how to instill a culture of high quality and customer focus.

About the available Teams

The OCI MultiCloud team is dedicated to maximizing the value of customers’ investments in Oracle and other cloud or on-premises infrastructures by building highly distributed, scalable, and resilient multi-cloud solutions. As part of a dynamic, fast-growing organization, you will collaborate with a diverse group of engineers to solve complex problems in cloud service software engineering, including high-scale distributed systems, virtualization, security, and user experience. This enables global enterprises to run their business workloads seamlessly across multiple cloud environments.

The OCI Media Services (IMPACT) team is responsible for designing, developing, and operating a new generation of cloud services tailored for the digital media production industry. With a focus on delivering innovative audience engagement features such as watch parties, AI-enabled content search, chat, and content recommendations, the team builds scalable, highly available solutions that empower collaboration and content creation for artists, engineers, editors, and media organizations, positioning Oracle as a leader in media and entertainment cloud technology.

Qualifications :

• 6 to 10 years distributed service engineering experience in a software development environment
• Development experience in a modern programming language, such as Java, C++, C#
• Hands-on experience designing, developing, and operating public cloud service components
• Deep understanding of object-oriented design and SDK development, specifically within a cloud environment
• Experience working closely with architects, product and program managers to deliver product features on time and with high quality.
• Good knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems fundamentals.
• Working familiarity with networking protocols (TCP / IP, HTTP) and standard network architectures.
• Good understanding of databases, NoSQL systems, storage, and distributed persistence technologies.
• Good understanding of Linux or desire to learn
• Demonstrable technical expertise and mentorship skills

Preferred Qualifications :

This position is based in the Czech Republic. We offer relocation and visa support for successful candidates.

As a Principal Software Developer, you will build entire services and act as an expert on your team. You will be developing high-quality code and tests, mentoring others on your team and establishing engineering standards, drive design and architecture of your service, and play a key role in planning, execution and operational readiness. As an engineering expert, we expect you to raise the bar for the entire engineering organization – whether through best engineering practices, operational excellence, development process or shared code contributions.

This role also includes participation in a regular on-call duty to maintain high service reliability and provide rapid mitigation in case of operational issues.

Key Responsibilities

Career Level - IC5