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, developer productivity, and operational excellence. Daily 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 problems related to the reliable build, validation, approval, and deployment of software as OCI scales its cloud services, ensuring high reliability for engineering teams.

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.
  • Create cloud-native platform services to improve release automation.
  • Implement and maintain software across the full development lifecycle.
  • Improve deployment safety and developer productivity for engineering teams.
  • Manage the deployment, operations, and continuous improvement of platform services.

What we're looking for

  • Experience 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.

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