Principal Platform Software Engineer

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Seattle, WARedwood City, CA
Salary: $104,500–$234,600 / yr
Posted: 47 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Principal Platform Software Engineer

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As a Principal Platform Software Engineer on the OCI Robotics Cloud team, you will develop a secure, scalable, and cloud-native platform designed to manage heterogeneous robot fleets across various industries. You will build distributed backend services for robot registration, identity management, mission orchestration, telemetry, digital twins, and software lifecycle management. Your daily work involves designing secure APIs, service contracts, SDKs, and edge interfaces while developing AI-assisted, spec-driven onboarding capabilities to automate the integration of multi-vendor robots. The role requires proficiency in Python, Go, Java, or C++, along with experience in Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines. You will solve complex problems at the intersection of AI, cloud infrastructure, and robotics by creating reusable edge service frameworks and standardizing interfaces for autonomous systems using technologies like ROS 2 and industrial protocols such as MQTT and DDS.

Skills

Python Go Java C++ Kubernetes Docker CI/CD REST APIs Microservices ROS 2 DDS MQTT OPC-UA VDA5050 NVIDIA Isaac Sim Gazebo Webots Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

What you'll do

Develop cloud-native services for robot registration, identity management, mission orchestration, and fleet telemetry.
Build scalable backend microservices using distributed systems architecture.
Design secure APIs, service contracts, SDKs, and edge interfaces for multi-vendor robot integration.
Create AI-assisted, spec-driven onboarding capabilities to automate the generation of contract specifications and adapter implementations.
Develop reusable edge service frameworks to simplify robot integration while maintaining consistent cloud interfaces.
Improve the reliability, scalability, observability, and security of distributed cloud services.
Participate in architecture reviews, technical design discussions, and code reviews for production-ready software.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field.
7+ years of software development experience building backend services or cloud platforms.
Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Go, Java, or C++.
Experience building REST APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
Familiarity with cloud-native technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and container orchestration.
Experience developing scalable, reliable, and maintainable production software.
Strong software design, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

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