Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Seattle, WAPleasanton, CARedwood City, CANashville, TNSanta Clara, CA
Salary: $113,600–$306,400 / yr
Posted: 7 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer

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The Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer joins the OCI AI team as an IC5 individual contributor to build and operate cloud platforms and services powering AI workloads at scale. This role involves owning complex technical initiatives from architecture through production operations, translating ambiguous needs into secure, reliable solutions. Key responsibilities include setting group-wide guardrails for platform interoperability, security controls, and client library governance while establishing shared observability frameworks. The engineer will design distributed platforms, write production code, and manage deprecation risk. Core competencies include deep distributed systems expertise, software development lifecycle management, and mentoring. The role specifically requires implementing AI-forward engineering practices, using AI-assisted workflows for coding, testing, and debugging, while ensuring rigorous validation of AI-generated outputs to maintain high performance and operational excellence.

Skills

Distributed Systems AI API Gateway Observability Software Development Lifecycle Capacity Planning Incident Response Security Controls Rollback Strategies

What you'll do

Own the technical direction and end-to-end delivery of complex initiatives from requirements through production operations.
Design and build distributed platforms and services for OCI AI workloads to balance latency, throughput, and cost.
Write and review critical production code and develop prototypes to resolve complex engineering problems.
Establish shared platform standards for identity, configuration, APIs, client libraries, and interoperability.
Lead AI-driven engineering practices and build reusable AI-assisted tools for coding, testing, and debugging.
Validate AI-generated code through rigorous engineering reviews, automated testing, and security checks.
Manage production readiness through service-level objectives, capacity planning, and incident response strategies.
Lead architecture reviews and mentor engineers to influence technical decisions and standards across teams.

What we're looking for

Must have 10+ years of experience.
Must be able to read, write, and speak English.
Must have deep distributed systems expertise.
Must have hands-on software development experience.
Must be able to design and build distributed platforms and services for AI workloads.
Must be able to lead architecture and code reviews and mentor engineers.
Must be able to own production readiness through service-level objectives and observability.
Must be able to lead AI-driven engineering practices across the software development lifecycle.

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