Principal Platform Software Engineer

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Nashville, TN
Salary: $104,500–$234,600 / yr
Posted: 21 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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The Principal Platform Software Engineer joins a new engineering team building a platform for Agentic Service Engineering. This system helps teams understand services, automate repeatable engineering work, and safely operate production software with AI by integrating service context, code, operational knowledge, workflows, testing, and guardrails. In this role, you will design and deliver core platform capabilities including agent orchestration, service knowledge, developer workflows, evaluation, and production-grade safety controls. You will own substantial technical components end to end, making architectural decisions and partnering with service teams to turn manual work into reusable capabilities. Required skills include expertise in Artificial Intelligence, Distributed Software Development, Platform Deployment, and Software Platform Development. You will also lead cross-team evolution of middleware patterns, enforce versioning strategies, and drive shared observability baselines.

Skills

Artificial Intelligence Distributed Software Development Platform Deployment Software Platform Development API Middleware Observability SLOs Performance Profiling Secure Coding Software Development Lifecycle Testing Debugging

What you'll do

Design and deliver core platform capabilities including agent orchestration, service knowledge, and production-grade safety controls.
Lead the evolution of middleware patterns and runtimes to standardize interoperability across the platform at scale.
Define and enforce versioning, deprecation, and rollout strategies to minimize downstream breaks.
Drive shared observability baselines, including SLOs and error budgets, across multiple services.
Develop and optimize scalable software solutions while conducting performance profiling and debugging complex issues.
Implement complex API versioning, lifecycle, and interoperability strategies.
Provide technical guidance and coaching to less experienced developers on software architecture and coding standards.
Perform periodic maintenance, testing, and automation to ensure service availability and reliability.

What we're looking for

Must have 6 to 10+ years of experience.
Must be able to read, write, and speak English.
Must have experience in Artificial Intelligence.
Must have experience in Distributed Software Development.
Must have experience in Platform Deployment.
Must have experience in Software Platform Development.

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