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Oracle Corporation is a leading multinational technology company specializing in database software, cloud computing, and enterprise software.
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As a Principal Platform Software Engineer, you will lead critical platform projects across multiple teams to evolve runtimes and middleware patterns for interoperability and multi-tenant scale. You will be responsible for designing software solutions, performing performance profiling, and ensuring high availability through robust observability standards like SLOs and error budgets. Your daily work involves managing complex API versioning, implementing secure coding practices, and developing migration guides to improve developer experience. You will also provide technical leadership by mentoring junior engineers, conducting code reviews, and troubleshooting complex cross-service issues. The role focuses on solving infrastructure challenges related to scalability, system reliability, and seamless integration across various workloads. Key competencies include advanced software architecture, lifecycle management, and the ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical designs while ensuring consistent ecosystem standards.