Principal Platform Software Engineer

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Nashville, TN
Salary: $104,500–$234,600 / yr
Posted: 3 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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The Principal Platform Software Engineer joins the team building the Molecular Platform to develop cloud capabilities for scientific and enterprise customers managing complex data and workflows. As a senior individual contributor, you will own the technical design and delivery of foundational services, including APIs, data pipelines, and workflow execution. You will translate ambiguous customer needs into scalable, secure, and reliable cloud-native applications. Key responsibilities involve building reusable integration patterns for data sources and AI-enabled services while ensuring multi-tenant isolation and observability. You must possess strong programming skills in Java, Go, Python, C++, or C# and experience with distributed systems, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD. This role solves the challenge of evolving strategic customer requirements into durable, production-quality platform offerings for scientific data and research workflows.

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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Java Go Python C++ C# Kubernetes Docker AWS Azure Google Cloud CI/CD Infrastructure-as-Code Microservices Distributed Systems RAG Model Context Protocol (MCP) Data Pipelines Event-Driven Architecture Observability

What you'll do

Own the technical design and delivery of Molecular Platform services, APIs, data pipelines, and workflow capabilities.
Design scalable, secure, and reliable cloud services for scientific and enterprise data ingestion and processing.
Translate ambiguous customer workflows and product needs into clear technical designs and delivery plans.
Build reusable integration patterns for data sources, scientific applications, and AI-enabled services.
Design for multi-tenant isolation, identity and access control, data protection, and operational readiness.
Establish the metrics, logs, and telemetry needed to support monitoring, troubleshooting, and capacity planning.
Lead design reviews and provide technical guidance to other engineers on code quality and reliability.
Work directly with product managers and customers to investigate feedback and resolve technical risks.

What we're looking for

6 to 10+ years of professional software-development experience building and operating production services or platform capabilities.
Strong programming experience in one or more languages such as Java, Go, Python, C++, or C#.
Experience building distributed systems, backend services, cloud-native applications, or large-scale data-processing systems.
Hands-on experience in data platforms, IoT platforms, or AI/ML platforms.
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, APIs, containers, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, observability, and service operations.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience with OCI, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or another cloud platform (preferred).
Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, microservices, distributed data systems, or event-driven architecture (preferred).

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