Oracle Corporation

Principal Platform Software Engineer

Oracle Corporation$104K — $234K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 7+ years of professional software development experience.
  • Strong proficiency in Java and experience with REST and/or gRPC services.
  • Experience building scalable distributed systems and developer-facing platforms.
  • Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms, as well as operating systems and distributed-systems fundamentals.
  • Familiarity with RDBMS and/or NoSQL data stores.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical work across teams and mentor other engineers.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design and development of AI-native developer platforms and services for OCI.
  • Deliver end-to-end capabilities from requirements to continuous improvement.
  • Collaborate with OCI teams to evolve developer pain points into scalable solutions.
  • Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews and mentorship.
  • Define reusable patterns for AI-assisted coding and operational automation.
  • Diagnose and resolve complex issues across services and workflows.
  • Maintain documentation and technical standards for platform use.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance with expert medical opinion.
  • Short and long term disability insurance.
  • Life insurance and accidental death benefits.
  • Health and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • 401(k) with company match.
  • Flexible vacation and paid time off policies.
  • 11 paid holidays and sick leave that refreshes annually.
  • Paid parental leave and adoption assistance.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan and financial planning assistance.
Full Job Description
Leads the design and delivery of AI-native developer platforms, services, and workflows that improve how OCI teams build and operate software across the full software development lifecycle. Applies strong software engineering and distributed-systems expertise to integrate AI-assisted development, automated testing and evaluation, intelligent operations, and secure delivery practices at scale. Partners across teams to establish reusable patterns, measurable outcomes, and safe adoption paths that help OCI engineers build, test, deploy, operate, and evolve services more effectively. Responsibilities Key Responsibilities • Lead the design and development of AI-native developer platforms, services, APIs, tools, and workflows that improve the software development lifecycle for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure engineering teams. • Deliver complex capabilities end to end: requirements clarification, technical design, implementation, automated testing and evaluation, deployment, operational support, and continuous improvement. • Partner across OCI engineering, product, security, and infrastructure teams to identify developer pain points and evolve them into scalable, reliable platform capabilities and shared engineering practices. • Provide technical leadership through architecture and code reviews, design guidance, and mentorship; raise engineering standards across testing, CI/CD, observability, security, compatibility, and operational readiness. • Define reusable patterns and safe adoption paths for AI-assisted coding, code review, test generation, debugging, incident investigation, and operational automation. • Diagnose and resolve complex cross-service and developer-workflow issues; drive durable fixes, resilience improvements, and follow-up actions. • Establish and maintain documentation, technical standards, runbooks, migration guides, and adoption playbooks that enable consistent platform use at scale. AI-First Engineering Expectations • Lead the practical application of AI-assisted engineering techniques and tools to improve developer productivity, software quality, and operational effectiveness-including faster prototyping, stronger test coverage, safer refactoring, better documentation, and more effective incident response. • Apply an AI-native engineering mindset across day-to-day work: build and validate AI-enabled workflows, develop evaluation and quality measures, improve observability and runbooks, and rethink how OCI teams build, test, deploy, operate, and evolve software. • Establish responsible AI engineering practices, including appropriate evaluation, observability, security, privacy protections, quality controls, and human oversight. • Coach and guide other engineers in effective AI-native development practices while maintaining strong software engineering fundamentals. Minimum Qualifications • BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience. • 7+ years of professional software development experience. • Strong proficiency in Java and experience designing and building REST and/or gRPC services. • Experience building scalable distributed systems, including backend services and developer-facing platforms, tools, or web applications. • Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed-systems fundamentals. • Working knowledge of data stores, including RDBMS and/or NoSQL systems. • Experience with modern engineering practices, including source control, code review, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and operational support. • Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical work across teams, influence technical decisions, and mentor other engineers. • Strong troubleshooting, performance analysis, and systems-design skills. Qualifications Disclaimer: US: Hiring Range in USD from: $104,500 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

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Oracle Dyn Global Business Unit is a pioneer in managed DNS and a leader in cloud-based infrastructure that connects users with digital content and experiences across a global internet. Dyn's solution is powered by a global network that drives 40 billion traffic optimization decisions daily for more than 3,500 enterprise customers, including preeminent digital brands such as Netflix, Twitter, Linkedin and CNBC. Adding Dyn's best-in-class DNS and email services extend the Oracle cloud computing platform and provides enterprise customers with a one-stop shop for Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). On January 31, 2017 Oracle completed the acquisition of Dyn, which now operates as an Oracle Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) global business unit (GBU).

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143,000 employees
Market Cap
$217.3 billion
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Net Income
$12.8 billion
Founded
1977
5 Year Trend
+2.3%
Revenue
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