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Principal Platform Software Engineer

United StatesOnsiteFull TimePrincipal$104,500–$234,600 /yrPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • platform projects
  • runtimes
  • middleware patterns
  • interoperability
  • multi-tenant scale
  • cross-service issues
  • versioning
  • compatibility
  • safe rollout practices
  • observability standards

Role summary

Oracle is seeking a Principal Platform Software Engineer to lead platform projects across multiple teams. This role involves evolving runtimes and middleware patterns for interoperability and multi-tenant scale, diagnosing and resolving complex cross-service issues, and enforcing versioning and compatibility. The engineer will drive observability standards, capacity planning, and resilience patterns, and produce migration guides and adoption playbooks to enhance ecosystem consistency and developer experience. The position is with Oracle, a company at the forefront of AI and cloud solutions impacting billions of lives.

Leads platform projects crossing multiple teams, evolving runtimes or middleware patterns for interoperability and multi-tenant scale. Diagnoses and resolves complex cross-service issues; enforces versioning, compatibility, and safe rollout practices. Drives observability standards, capacity planning, and resilience patterns across several workloads. Produces migration guides and adoption playbooks that raise ecosystem consistency and developer experience.

Only Oracle brings together the data, infrastructure, applications, and expertise to power everything from industry innovations to life-saving care. And with AI embedded across our products and services, we help customers turn that promise into a better future for all. Discover your potential at a company leading the way in AI and cloud solutions that impact billions of lives.

True innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That’s why we’re committed to growing a workforce that promotes opportunities for all with competitive benefits that support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.

We’re committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for a disability at any point, let us know by emailing accommodation-request_mb@oracle.com or by calling 1-888-404-2494 in the United States.

Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

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