Principal Application Software Engineer
Oracle
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This role pays less than 62% of similar roles. Most pay $169,550–$216,450 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $184k versus about $193k for comparable roles.
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Oracle Corporation is a leading multinational technology company specializing in database software, cloud computing, and enterprise software.
Oracle currently has 955 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $102,300–$234,600 across 790 roles with salary data.
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The Lead Principal Application Software Engineer serves as a subject matter expert within the organization, leading the design, development, and architectural oversight of complex software systems and services. This role involves architecting multi-team features, establishing global production-readiness standards like SLOs and error budgets, and managing cross-team API governance. You will build scalable blueprints, perform deep-dive debugging of systemic failures, and lead migrations to modernize application components. Key responsibilities include conducting architecture and code reviews, mentoring Staff engineers, and collaborating with security teams to implement secure coding standards. You will utilize modern technologies to optimize performance, ensure accessibility, and resolve high-severity multi-system issues. The work focuses on improving application software development lifecycles, enhancing service-to-service interactions, and ensuring high availability through automated testing and proactive maintenance.
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