Software Developer Short Term Contract Jobs in Texas

Job Description
As a Principal Member of Technical Staff, you will lead the software design and development for major components of Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure. You should be both a rock-solid coder and a lead-level engineer, able to dive deep into any part of the stack and low-level systems, as well as design broad distributed system interactions. You should value simplicity and scale, work comfortably in a collaborative, agile environment, and be excited to learn
About You
You work backward, starting from the user. You care about creating usable, useful software that solves real problems and brings delight to users.
You have solid communication skills. You can clearly explain complex technical concepts.
You work well with non-engineers. You can lead a conversation in a room with designers, engineers, and product managers.
You are comfortable with ambiguity. You have a strong sense of ownership and can drive the development of new projects and features to completion.
You are comfortable working at all levels of the stack.
Responsibilities
Qualifications:
7+ years of software engineering experience.
BS or MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
Proficient in Java, C, C++, C#, or similar OO languages.
Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems fundamentals.
Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills.
Experience with REST API and service-oriented development
Preferred Qualifications:
Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems fundamentals. Working familiarity with networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP) and standard network architectures.
Building software solutions in an engineering environment using C, C++, Python, Java, Shell Scripting, and JavaScript.
Object-oriented design and object-oriented programming.
Agile or Scrum methodologies.
Knowledge of Internet protocols and standards, including SMTP, REST, SSL, and HTTP
Microservices, distributed systems.
Containerized applications, Docker, Kubernetes, or similar applications.
Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills.
RESTful API design.
Experience delivering and operating large-scale, highly available distributed systems.
Experience building multi-tenant, virtualized infrastructure is a strong plus.
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: $99,600 to $234,600 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
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 - IC4
About Us
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