This role pays less than
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of similar roles. Most pay
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$170k
versus about
$190k
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Listed pay typically runs
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The Principal Platform Software Engineer leads critical platform projects across multiple teams to evolve runtimes and middleware patterns for interoperability and multi-tenant scale. This role involves diagnosing complex cross-service issues, enforcing versioning and rollout practices, and establishing shared observability baselines like SLOs and error budgets. The engineer will develop software features, conduct code reviews, perform performance profiling, and manage API lifecycle strategies to ensure system reliability. Key technical requirements include proficiency in Java, C++, C#, or similar object-oriented languages, along with scripting skills in Python for automation. Experience with SQL, Oracle Database, Docker, and public cloud platforms like AWS or OCI is essential. The role focuses on solving infrastructure challenges by building scalable service-oriented architectures and RESTful web services while ensuring security compliance and high availability across various workloads.