Principal Platform Software Engineer

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: FL
Salary: $104,500–$234,600 / yr
Posted: 12 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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JOB TITLE: Principal Platform Software Engineer The Principal Platform Software Engineer joins the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure team to design, build, and operate software platforms supporting Cloud Hardware Support. This role involves developing cloud-native systems, operational tooling, workflow automation, and analytics to help teams manage data center work consistently. You will build entire systems and services, drive design across complex features, and improve engineering practices. Key responsibilities include creating APIs, task management systems, inventory workflows, and operational dashboards. You must demonstrate technical judgment in building secure, resilient, and observable software. The work focuses on reducing manual, fragmented processes by establishing a task-centric repair operator platform, improving repair throughput, and providing guided procedures and intelligent prioritization for data center support teams. Required skills include experience with cloud-native services, observability, and telemetry.

Skills

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Cloud-native APIs Workflow Orchestration Analytics Observability Telemetry Automation Service Engineering Infrastructure Management Resilient Architecture Production Readiness Testing Practices Deployment Safety

What you'll do

Design, develop, and operate scalable cloud-native services, APIs, and platforms for OCI data center growth.
Build software to automate complex operational workflows, guided task execution, and self-service tooling.
Lead the design of major features for task management, inventory workflows, and operational dashboards.
Create reliable systems that integrate multiple backend sources into a unified and intuitive user experience.
Develop platforms to improve technician productivity and reduce manual work in data center operations.
Drive operational excellence through observability, alerting, automated validation, and resilient architecture.
Build analytics and telemetry capabilities to identify workload trends, bottlenecks, and operational risks.
Improve engineering quality by contributing to architecture reviews, design standards, and testing practices.

What we're looking for

Must be able to read, write, and speak English.
Must be able to design, build, and operate scalable cloud-native services, APIs, and platforms.
Must have the ability to design software that is secure, resilient, observable, and scalable across global environments.
Must be able to lead the design of major features and subsystems across task management, inventory workflows, and analytics.
Must be able to work independently on complex projects and mentor engineers through design reviews and technical decision-making.
Must be able to drive operational excellence through observability, alerting, and automated validation.
Must be able to translate complex data center workflows into scalable software capabilities.