Software Developer Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in Hays, TX

As a Senior Software Engineer within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), you'll have the opportunity to solve large-scale, mission-critical engineering challenges with broad technical impact.
Our AI Infrastructure Engineering team is building the services and platforms behind the world's largest AI mega-cluster. These systems support every phase of next-generation data center lifecycle management - including planning, design, deployment, provisioning, operations, repair, and expansion. The platform enables OCI to scale existing regions, rapidly launch new ones, and deliver the infrastructure powering the next wave of AI innovation.
We are looking for experienced engineers who thrive in highly technical environments and are passionate about building scalable, reliable, and highly available distributed systems. You will work on foundational infrastructure services that directly influence the growth and reliability of OCI's AI cloud platform. If you enjoy solving complex engineering problems, operating at massive scale, and building systems that power cutting-edge AI infrastructure, we'd like to hear from you.
Role is to based in Nashville, TN only. Austin, TX is no longer a possible location for this role.
Responsibilities
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead the design and development of key components within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. You should be a strong software engineer with deep distributed systems expertise, capable of working across all layers of the stack - from low-level systems and performance optimization to large-scale service architecture and distributed workflows.
You will:

• Design, develop, and operate highly scalable, resilient cloud services
• Drive architecture and technical direction for critical infrastructure systems
• Build and optimize distributed systems for performance, reliability, and scale
• Collaborate across engineering teams in a fast-paced, agile environment
• Troubleshoot complex production issues across services and infrastructure layers
• Contribute to engineering best practices, operational excellence, and automation
• Mentor engineers and help raise the technical bar across the organization
• We value engineers who prioritize simplicity, scalability, ownership, and continuous learning.

Candidate Profile

• 4+ years of experience designing, developing, and operating large-scale, highly available distributed systems
• Familiarity with AI-first software development practices and modern engineering tooling
• AI-first software development
• Strong programming skills in Java, C, or C++, with experience in scripting languages such as Python
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, operating systems, data structures, and algorithms
• Experience building cloud-native services and infrastructure platforms
• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and performance tuning skills
• Experience with databases, NoSQL systems, storage platforms, and distributed persistence
• technologies
• Self-starter mindset with the ability to work independently and drive ambiguous technical problems to resolution

Top Skill Sets / Technologies

• AI-first software developmentLarge-scale distributed systems engineering
• Cloud infrastructure and cloud-native services
• Java, C++, or C development
• Python and automation tooling
• Distributed storage and persistence technologies
• Performance optimization and troubleshooting
• Strong ownership mentality and self-driven execution

Qualifications
Disclaimer:
Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $89,200 to $209,500 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
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