Infrastructure Software Engineer Jobs in Seattle, WA
Infrastructure Software Engineer jobs in Seattle, Washington are in strong demand, concentrated in South Lake Union, the Eastside corridor, and the Central District across cloud infrastructure, enterprise software, and e-commerce. Employers hiring right now include Blue Origin, Apple, and Google. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Compute delivers bare metal and virtual machine instances - CPU and GPU -at global scale. We are hiring a Lead Principal Engineer to provide hands-on technical leadership for OCI compute control plane services, with a focus on Imaging and Container Registry. You will architect and deliver distributed systems that are multi-tenant, highly available, and horizontally scalable across OCI regions, while driving operational excellence and cross-team technical alignment.
In this role, you will:
- Architect, design, and operate distributed, highly available, and resilient systems for multi-tenant, horizontally scalable, and cost-efficient architectures that deliver consistent latency, throughput, and durability across OCI regions.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Compute, Storage, Networking, OKE and functions to deliver new platform features focusing on Imaging, Container Registry Services, enforce secure-by-default designs, and improve overall services reliability.
- Mentor and guide engineers in distributed systems design, high-scale data processing, and operational excellence; set and raise engineering standards across multiple teams.
- Drive operational excellence by owning service-level objectives (availability, latency, durability) and reducing toil through automation, observability, and self-healing mechanisms.
- Own the full service lifecycle from design and implementation to deployment, on-call, and continuous improvement — maintaining high code and reliability standards.
- Define and drive the technical roadmap for OCI Imaging, Container Registry Services .
- Partner with product management and field teams to translate customer needs into roadmap priorities for Oracle Imaging & Container Registry Services.
- Contribute to the broader Compute vision, influencing how Oracle’s Imaging & Container Registry Services evolve to support mission-critical workloads globally.
We are looking for a hands-on Lead Principal engineer with technical breadth, proven experience in solving cloud scale problems, distributed systems design & implementation experience to build fault tolerant solutions that will form the foundations of the next generation of Compute offerings. The candidate is expected to have strong written and verbal communications skills, the ability to lead projects across organizational boundaries, and experience representing their work to senior leaders.
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of development experience with large scale, highly available distributed systems
- Proficiency in Java programming patterns, programming experience with Scala, Python is preferred.
- Advanced knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and operating systems.
- Experience with operating distributed services at scale
- Expertise in Linux and operating systems
- Systematic problem-solving approach, strong communication skills, strong ownership and drive
- Deep understanding of service metrics and alarms through the development of dashboards, service KPIs, alarming systems
- Ability to propose, scope, design and direct automation, optimizations, and enhancements BS or MS degree in Computer Science/Engineering or a related IT field or equivalent experience relevant to functional area.
Soft Skills & Leadership:
- Proven ability to drive technical outcomes, take ownership of deliverables, and work independently in fast-evolving AI solution spaces.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts and document solution approaches, collaborate across multiple geo distributed teams.
- Demonstrated problem-solving ability leveraging AI, distributed systems, and cloud-native application behaviors. A proactive, experimentation-oriented mindset with a strong willingness to learn and guide team on emerging AI technologies, frameworks, and engineering patterns.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in management and automation of end-to-end CPU/GPU lifecycles at scale
- Proficiency with Cloud and CICD environments
- Proficiency with Kubernetes, OS Images and Terraform
- Proficiency with modern build tools and pipelines
- Proficiency building multi-tenant, virtualized infrastructure
- Proficiency with change control management and mature operating processes
- Proficiency with Security including Identity, SSL and certificates
- Proficiency with Database and Data Stores
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Compute delivers bare metal and virtual machine instances - CPU and GPU -at global scale. We are hiring a Lead Principal Engineer to provide hands-on technical leadership for OCI compute control plane services, with a focus on Imaging and Container Registry. You will architect and deliver distributed systems that are multi-tenant, highly available, and horizontally scalable across OCI regions, while driving operational excellence and cross-team technical alignment.
In this role, you will:
- Architect, design, and operate distributed, highly available, and resilient systems for multi-tenant, horizontally scalable, and cost-efficient architectures that deliver consistent latency, throughput, and durability across OCI regions.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Compute, Storage, Networking, OKE and functions to deliver new platform features focusing on Imaging, Container Registry Services, enforce secure-by-default designs, and improve overall services reliability.
- Mentor and guide engineers in distributed systems design, high-scale data processing, and operational excellence; set and raise engineering standards across multiple teams.
- Drive operational excellence by owning service-level objectives (availability, latency, durability) and reducing toil through automation, observability, and self-healing mechanisms.
- Own the full service lifecycle from design and implementation to deployment, on-call, and continuous improvement — maintaining high code and reliability standards.
- Define and drive the technical roadmap for OCI Imaging, Container Registry Services .
- Partner with product management and field teams to translate customer needs into roadmap priorities for Oracle Imaging & Container Registry Services.
- Contribute to the broader Compute vision, influencing how Oracle’s Imaging & Container Registry Services evolve to support mission-critical workloads globally.
We are looking for a hands-on Lead Principal engineer with technical breadth, proven experience in solving cloud scale problems, distributed systems design & implementation experience to build fault tolerant solutions that will form the foundations of the next generation of Compute offerings. The candidate is expected to have strong written and verbal communications skills, the ability to lead projects across organizational boundaries, and experience representing their work to senior leaders.
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of development experience with large scale, highly available distributed systems
- Proficiency in Java programming patterns, programming experience with Scala, Python is preferred.
- Advanced knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and operating systems.
- Experience with operating distributed services at scale
- Expertise in Linux and operating systems
- Systematic problem-solving approach, strong communication skills, strong ownership and drive
- Deep understanding of service metrics and alarms through the development of dashboards, service KPIs, alarming systems
- Ability to propose, scope, design and direct automation, optimizations, and enhancements BS or MS degree in Computer Science/Engineering or a related IT field or equivalent experience relevant to functional area.
Soft Skills & Leadership:
- Proven ability to drive technical outcomes, take ownership of deliverables, and work independently in fast-evolving AI solution spaces.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts and document solution approaches, collaborate across multiple geo distributed teams.
- Demonstrated problem-solving ability leveraging AI, distributed systems, and cloud-native application behaviors. A proactive, experimentation-oriented mindset with a strong willingness to learn and guide team on emerging AI technologies, frameworks, and engineering patterns.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in management and automation of end-to-end CPU/GPU lifecycles at scale
- Proficiency with Cloud and CICD environments
- Proficiency with Kubernetes, OS Images and Terraform
- Proficiency with modern build tools and pipelines
- Proficiency building multi-tenant, virtualized infrastructure
- Proficiency with change control management and mature operating processes
- Proficiency with Security including Identity, SSL and certificates
- Proficiency with Database and Data Stores
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Infrastructure Software Engineer Jobs in Seattle: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a infrastructure software engineer job in Seattle?
The strongest path into Seattle's infrastructure engineering market runs through its cloud and distributed systems ecosystem, centered in South Lake Union and the broader Eastside tech corridor. Employers in e-commerce, enterprise software, and cloud platforms dominate local hiring. Candidates with hands-on Kubernetes, Terraform, or large-scale distributed systems experience stand out most. Networking through local tech meetups and Seattle-area engineering communities also moves resumes to the top of the pile.
Which companies hire infrastructure software engineers in Seattle?
Companies currently hiring infrastructure software engineers in Seattle include Blue Origin, Apple, and Google, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Seattle's employer mix skews heavily toward large-scale cloud and e-commerce platforms alongside a growing base of mid-size enterprise software firms with deep infrastructure teams.
Are there remote infrastructure software engineer jobs in Seattle?
Yes, though availability depends on the work: infrastructure engineering roles involving physical data center operations or on-site hardware are rarely remote, while platform engineering, SRE, and cloud automation roles are frequently offered as hybrid or fully remote. About 58% of infrastructure software engineer openings tied to Seattle are remote or hybrid as of November 2026. Platform and cloud-native roles from Seattle-based employers tend to offer the most scheduling flexibility.
How can I get a infrastructure software engineer job in Seattle with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry point in Seattle is landing a systems or DevOps support role at a mid-size SaaS company in the South Lake Union or Bellevue tech clusters, then building toward infrastructure engineering from within. Entry-level site reliability engineer and cloud operations analyst titles are common stepping stones at Seattle's software and e-commerce employers. Open-source contributions to infrastructure tooling projects and AWS or GCP certifications are concrete ways to compete with more experienced candidates in this market.
Which industries hire the most infrastructure software engineers in Seattle?
Seattle infrastructure software engineer roles concentrate in Banking & Financial Services, Science & Research, and Technology & Software, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Seattle's outsized presence in cloud computing and global e-commerce creates consistent, high-volume infrastructure hiring that keeps demand well above the national average for the role.
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