Principal Platform Software Engineer

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Nashville, TN
Salary: $104,500–$234,600 / yr
Posted: 24 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
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, you will lead critical platform projects across multiple teams to evolve middleware patterns and runtimes for interoperability and multi-tenant scale. You will be responsible for designing software solutions, managing the full development lifecycle, and ensuring high standards for code quality, security, and performance. Your daily work involves diagnosing complex cross-service issues, implementing API versioning strategies, and establishing shared observability baselines like SLOs and error budgets. You will also produce migration guides and adoption playbooks to improve developer experience. The role requires advanced skills in software architecture, system structural design, and performance profiling. You will solve technical challenges related to scalability and reliability while providing mentorship to junior engineers. This position focuses on building robust infrastructure that ensures service availability and consistency across a complex, multi-service ecosystem.

Skills

API Middleware Observability Performance Profiling Scalability Secure Coding Software Testing Debugging Troubleshooting

What you'll do

Lead the evolution of middleware patterns and runtimes to standardize interoperability across multiple teams at scale.
Define and enforce versioning, deprecation, and rollout strategies to ensure system stability and minimize downstream breaks.
Establish shared observability baselines, including SLOs and error budgets, along with resilience patterns for various workloads.
Design and implement complex API versioning, lifecycle management, and interoperability strategies.
Perform performance profiling and optimization to build scalable solutions and resolve complex technical issues.
Create migration guides and adoption playbooks to improve ecosystem consistency and developer experience.
Provide technical leadership through code reviews, architectural guidance, and mentoring for less experienced engineers.
Implement secure coding practices and manage system maintenance tasks such as patching and vulnerability remediation.

What we're looking for

Applicants must be able to read, write, and speak English.
Candidates must have 3 to 5+ years of experience in software engineering or related fields.
Experience is required in leading platform projects involving middleware patterns, runtimes, and multi-tenant scalability.
Proficiency in designing, testing, and optimizing complex software systems and API integrations is required.
Ability to implement advanced observability standards, including SLOs and error budgets, across multiple services.
Expertise in performance profiling, scaling strategies, and implementing secure coding practices is required.
Experience in providing technical guidance, coaching, and mentoring to less experienced engineers is required.
Ability to manage complex projects, coordinate tasks across teams, and collaborate with stakeholders to meet business goals.

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