Lead Principal Application Software Engineer

Oracle

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$104,600–$264,100 / yr
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3 days ago

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Below market

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Similar $202k
This role $184k
$85k most similar roles pay here $283k

This role pays less than 74% of similar roles. Most pay $184,000–$220,800 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $184k versus about $202k for comparable roles.

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Oracle Corporation is a leading multinational technology company specializing in database software, cloud computing, and enterprise software.

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TL;DR · Lead Principal Application Software Engineer

As a Lead Principal Application Software Engineer, you will join a high-impact team as an individual contributor, focusing on defining and driving platform architecture across multiple services to ensure cohesive, scalable, and secure designs. Your day-to-day responsibilities include leading strategic initiatives that enhance security, reliability, and developer productivity, establishing engineering standards, mentoring senior engineers, and partnering with product, security, and operations leadership. You will leverage AI-first software delivery practices at scale, ensuring responsible usage aligned with enterprise security and compliance needs. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in identity architecture, authorization policies, user provisioning platforms, and cloud technologies like OCI. Strong communication skills are essential for driving alignment among technical and non-technical stakeholders.

What you'll do

  • Define and drive platform architecture for cohesive, scalable, secure designs across multiple services/teams.
  • Lead strategic initiatives impacting platform security, reliability, and developer productivity over multi-quarter periods.
  • Establish and enforce engineering standards, including architecture patterns and secure-by-design requirements.
  • Anticipate and mitigate systemic risks related to security, scalability, resiliency, and compliance.
  • Mentor principal/senior engineers through design reviews, technical deep dives, and hands-on contributions.
  • Set the technical vision for AI-first software delivery across platform engineering with measurable outcomes.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of professional software development experience with significant architecture ownership.
  • Proven track record delivering large-scale, mission-critical distributed systems in production.
  • Strong security mindset and ability to influence across organizations on security matters.
  • Deep expertise in cloud platforms, including OCI and cloud platform building.
  • BS in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
  • Experience with compliance-oriented engineering practices such as audit logging and access reviews.

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