Principal Platform Software Engineer, OCI Planning & Capacity

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Nashville, TN
Salary: $104,500–$234,600 / yr
Posted: 63 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Principal Platform Software Engineer, OCI Planning & Capacity

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The Principal Platform Software Engineer, OCI Planning & Capacity joins the Infrastructure Planning and Capacity Management organization to develop platforms, services, and operational tooling for global cloud infrastructure. You will design and develop scalable cloud-native services, distributed systems, and APIs that power infrastructure planning, capacity forecasting, and deployment readiness. Key responsibilities include building data pipelines, workflow engines, and automation platforms to improve forecasting accuracy and operational visibility. You will utilize Java, Python, Go, or C# while working with relational and distributed databases. The role requires expertise in CI/CD, automated testing, and observability to solve complex operational challenges. You will build the next generation of capacity management systems, ensuring seamless infrastructure sourcing and deployment workflows across the global data center footprint.

Skills

Java Python Go C# OCI AWS Azure Google Cloud Kubernetes CI/CD Distributed Systems APIs Data Pipelines ETL Oracle APEX GitHub Copilot Codex Claude Cursor

What you'll do

Design, develop, test, and operate cloud-native services for OCI infrastructure planning and capacity management.
Build scalable backend services, APIs, workflow engines, and automation platforms for business-critical processes.
Develop and maintain distributed systems to process large-scale infrastructure and operational datasets.
Build data ingestion, transformation, and analytics pipelines to improve forecasting accuracy and visibility.
Drive operational excellence through monitoring, observability, reliability improvements, and automation.
Participate in on-call rotations and production support activities as required.
Identify opportunities to simplify workflows and reduce manual effort through software solutions.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
7+ years of professional software development experience.
Strong programming skills in Java, Python, Go, C#, or similar modern programming languages.
Experience designing and building cloud-native services and APIs.
Experience developing applications deployed within cloud environments.
Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, and system design.
Experience working with relational and/or distributed databases.
Familiarity with modern development practices including CI/CD, automated testing, source control, and observability.