Principal Platform Software Engineer

Oracle

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TL;DR · Principal Platform Software Engineer

The Principal Platform Software Engineer joins the team responsible for Merino, the internal CI/CD change workflow platform for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. In this hands-on engineering role, the individual will design, build, and evolve the next generation of platform capabilities to improve release automation, deployment safety, and developer productivity. Day-to-day responsibilities include developing scalable distributed systems, modern CI/CD workflows, and cloud-native platform services that power software delivery across the cloud infrastructure. The successful candidate will contribute across the full software lifecycle, including architecture, implementation, deployment, operations, and continuous improvement. The work focuses on solving technical challenges related to reliable build, validation, approval, and deployment of software. Key technical requirements involve building scalable distributed systems and cloud-native platform services to support large-scale cloud service growth.

What you'll do

  • Design and build the next generation of Merino's platform capabilities.
  • Develop scalable distributed systems for OCI software delivery.
  • Build and evolve modern CI/CD workflows for software deployment.
  • Develop cloud-native platform services to improve release automation.
  • Implement software across the full lifecycle from architecture to deployment.
  • Improve deployment safety and developer productivity across engineering teams.
  • Manage the operations and continuous improvement of the Merino platform.

What we're looking for

  • Experience in designing and building scalable distributed systems.
  • Experience developing modern CI/CD workflows.
  • Experience developing cloud-native platform services.
  • Ability to contribute across the full software lifecycle from architecture to operations.
  • Experience with software release automation and deployment safety.

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