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Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer

Nashville, TNOnsiteFull TimePrincipalPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • OCI Build
  • developer infrastructure platform
  • senior technical leader
  • senior engineers
  • cross-group technical initiatives
  • scale
  • reliability
  • security
  • developer productivity
  • technical strategy

Nice to have

  • AI
  • cloud solutions

Role summary

Lead Principal Software Engineer for OCI Build, responsible for the architecture, design, and evolution of a critical developer infrastructure platform. This senior technical leadership role involves guiding engineers, driving cross-group initiatives, and influencing technical strategy across the organization. The position requires anticipating future needs in scale, reliability, security, and developer productivity, and communicating key architectural decisions to leadership. The role is within Oracle, a company focused on AI and cloud solutions.

As a Lead Principal Software Developer for OCI Build, you will be a senior technical leader shaping the architecture, design, and long-term evolution of a critical OCI developer infrastructure platform. You will lead complex system and component designs, guide senior engineers, drive cross-group technical initiatives, and anticipate future needs across scale, reliability, security, and developer productivity. You will also influence technical strategy across organizational boundaries and communicate key architectural decisions, risks, and investment priorities to senior and executive leadership.


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