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The Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer role at OCI's Shepherd team in Austin, TX or Nashville, TN is a senior individual contributor position requiring extensive experience in cloud-scale release orchestration and distributed systems. This hands-on technical leadership role involves driving the architecture and design of Shepherd’s capabilities for deployment safety, rollback automation, and operational workflows across multi-region environments. The engineer will lead complex cross-team initiatives, establish engineering standards, and provide technical guidance through mentoring and incident investigations. Key skills include expertise in Java, Python, Go, TypeScript, and a deep understanding of cloud platform architecture, resiliency, observability, and operational safety. The role focuses on improving reliability, maintainability, and developer productivity within the context of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s expanding sovereign and regulated deployment environments.