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As a Principal Platform Software Engineer, you will join the Software Ecosystem Management team to build a new OCI initiative from the ground up. You will design and deliver core capabilities for metadata ingestion, normalization, ownership, lifecycle, and dependency analysis while transforming ambiguous requirements into durable system contracts. Your daily work involves building reliable, scalable services and APIs that process large volumes of software metadata to provide a consistent view of the software ecosystem. The role requires expertise in Java or other object-oriented languages, along with experience in distributed systems, data processing, and backend services. You will be responsible for defining architecture, ensuring reliability and observability, and mentoring engineers. This position focuses on solving complex problems regarding service boundaries and infrastructure to manage a vast software estate within a large enterprise environment.
Lead the design and delivery of capabilities for metadata ingestion, normalization, ownership, and dependency analysis.
Design scalable service, API, and data-processing architectures to support multi-tenant use across OCI.
Translate ambiguous platform requirements into clear technical directions, execution plans, and durable system contracts.
Manage versioning, compatibility, migration, and rollout strategies to minimize disruption for internal teams.
Diagnose and resolve complex issues across service boundaries, data pipelines, and integrations.
Establish standards for reliability, observability, capacity planning, and operational readiness across multiple workloads.
Lead design and code reviews while ensuring adherence to security and architectural standards.
Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance to improve the quality of design and implementation.
What we're looking for
The provided job posting does not contain any specific requirements regarding education, certifications, security clearances, citizenship, or years of experience. Based on the description provided
Experience building greenfield platforms for software ecosystem management.
Ability to process software metadata at Oracle scale.
Experience leading platform projects across multiple teams.
Skill in evolving runtimes or middleware patterns for interoperability and multi-tenant scale.