Principal Platform Software Engineer

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Nashville, TN
Salary: $104,500–$234,600 / yr
Posted: 89 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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The Principal Platform Software Engineer leads platform projects across multiple teams to evolve runtimes and middleware patterns for multi-tenant scale and interoperability. This role involves diagnosing complex cross-service issues, enforcing versioning and compatibility, and driving observability standards, capacity planning, and resilience patterns across several workloads. The engineer will design software solutions, perform performance profiling, and implement complex API versioning and lifecycle strategies. Key responsibilities include conducting code reviews, providing technical coaching, and developing migration guides to improve developer experience. The position requires expertise in the software development lifecycle, secure coding practices, and system maintenance. The work focuses on standardizing infrastructure components, ensuring service availability, and resolving broad-reaching maintenance issues to maintain ecosystem consistency and high-quality software architecture across diverse technical environments.

Skills

Middleware API Observability SLOs Error Budgets Software Architecture Performance Profiling Secure Coding Functional Testing Non-functional Testing Debugging Troubleshooting Capacity Planning Scalability Versioning Migration Guides

What you'll do

Lead the evolution of middleware patterns and runtimes to standardize interoperability at scale.
Define and enforce versioning, deprecation, and rollout strategies to minimize downstream service breaks.
Drive shared observability baselines, including SLOs and error budgets, across multiple services.
Design and implement scalable software solutions, including complex API versioning and lifecycle strategies.
Conduct performance profiling and optimization to build scalable solutions and resolve integration issues.
Provide technical guidance and coaching to less experienced developers on software architecture and coding standards.
Implement secure coding practices and perform periodic maintenance to patch critical system vulnerabilities.
Produce migration guides and adoption playbooks to improve ecosystem consistency and developer experience.

What we're looking for

Applicants must be able to read, write, and speak English.
3 to 5+ years of experience is required.
Experience leading platform projects and evolving middleware patterns for multi-tenant scale is required.
Experience diagnosing and resolving complex cross-service issues and enforcing versioning/compatibility is required.
Experience driving observability standards, capacity planning, and resilience patterns across workloads is required.
Experience with software architecture, including structural design and performance optimization, is required.
Experience with secure coding practices and the full software development lifecycle is required.
Experience providing technical guidance and coaching to less experienced developers is required.

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