Principal Platform Software Engineer

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Nashville, TN
Salary: $104,500–$234,600 / yr
Posted: 11 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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As a Principal Platform Software Engineer on the Identity and Access Management team, you will provide technical leadership for Tier-0, mission-critical identity services powering authentication and authorization at cloud scale. You will design highly available distributed systems, lead complex technical initiatives, and build next-generation identity infrastructure for AI and agentic ecosystems. Your daily work involves architecture, engineering, and service operations, including troubleshooting production systems and driving reliability improvements. You will utilize Java, Go, C++, or Python while applying expertise in REST APIs, microservices, CI/CD, and automated testing. The role requires deep knowledge of distributed systems, concurrency, and fault tolerance, alongside experience with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, SCIM, JWT, and applied cryptography to solve complex security and compliance problems like FedRAMP and PCI DSS.

Skills

Java Go C++ Python Distributed Systems REST APIs Microservices Cloud Architecture CI/CD IAM OAuth 2.0 OpenID Connect SAML SCIM JWT AWS Azure GCP OCI Applied Cryptography FedRAMP PCI DSS Observability Distributed Tracing

What you'll do

Lead the architecture, design, and development of secure, highly available IAM services.
Drive service reliability, scalability, and operational excellence for Tier-0 production systems.
Design and operate distributed services at high scale to address performance and failure modes.
Define technical direction and lead complex initiatives spanning multiple services and teams.
Architect next-generation identity capabilities for AI agents, machine identities, and users.
Diagnose complex production issues and drive systemic improvements to prevent recurrence.
Improve observability, automation, capacity planning, and disaster recovery protocols.
Perform hands-on implementation, prototyping, debugging, and technical code reviews.

What we're looking for

Applicants must have 6 to 10+ years of experience.
Applicants must be able to read, write, and speak English.
Strong programming skills in Java, Go, C++, Python, or a similar language are required.
Deep understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, fault tolerance, and high-availability architectures is required.
Significant experience designing and operating large-scale, mission-critical cloud services is required.
Strong experience with REST APIs, microservices, cloud architectures, CI/CD, and automated testing is required.
Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, application security, and secure software development is required.
Experience with OCI, AWS, Azure, or GCP (preferred).

Principal Platform Software Engineer

Oracle

Santa Monica, CA +1 37 days ago $104,500–$234,600

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