Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer
Oracle
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This role pays more than 50% of similar roles. Most pay $169,550–$216,300 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $202k 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 781 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $102,300–$209,500 across 713 roles with salary data.
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As a Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer on the OCI Networking team, you will lead the architecture, design, and evolution of highly scalable distributed systems that power the data plane for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. You will drive technical direction for critical platform services involving routing, workload placement, and fleet lifecycle management while mentoring engineers and influencing architectural decisions across organizations. The role requires deep expertise in computer science fundamentals, including algorithms, data structures, and concurrency, alongside a strong command of network routing protocols and distributed systems. You will work with CI/CD tools to manage release automation and deployment workflows for large-scale infrastructure. This position focuses on rearchitecting the core routing foundation to support next-generation networking services, solving complex problems in high-availability, production-grade cloud infrastructure at a massive scale.
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