Principal Platform Software Engineer

Oracle

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

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Oracle Corporation is a leading multinational technology company specializing in database software, cloud computing, and enterprise software.

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TL;DR · Principal Platform Software Engineer

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The Principal Platform Software Engineer leads platform projects across multiple teams to evolve runtimes and middleware patterns for interoperability and multi-tenant scale. This role involves diagnosing complex cross-service issues, enforcing versioning and compatibility, and driving observability standards, capacity planning, and resilience patterns across several workloads. The engineer will build migration guides, adoption playbooks, and software solutions while performing performance profiling and optimization. Key responsibilities include leading code reviews, implementing secure coding practices, and managing the software development lifecycle. The position requires expertise in cloud computing, distributed systems, Docker, and Java. The work focuses on standardizing middleware for large-scale interoperability, managing API lifecycles, and ensuring system availability through automated testing, debugging, and proactive maintenance to resolve broad-reaching maintenance issues and technical defects.

What does a Platform Software Engineer earn?

Median $169550 from 152 postings across 5 companies.

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Skills

Cloud Computing Distributed Systems Docker Java API Observability SLOs Middleware Software Architecture Performance Profiling Secure Coding System Maintenance Scalability

What you'll do

Lead the evolution of middleware patterns and runtimes to ensure multi-tenant scalability and interoperability.
Define and enforce versioning, deprecation, and rollout strategies to minimize downstream impacts.
Establish shared observability baselines, including SLOs and error budgets, across multiple services.
Design and implement complex API versioning, lifecycle, and integration strategies.
Perform performance profiling and optimization to build scalable software solutions.
Conduct deep-dive debugging and troubleshooting for complex cross-service issues and infrastructure defects.
Create migration guides and adoption playbooks to improve developer experience and ecosystem consistency.
Provide technical leadership and coaching to junior engineers on architecture, code quality, and security practices.

What we're looking for

Applicants must be able to read, write, and speak English.
Candidates must have 3 to 5+ years of relevant experience.
Proficiency in Java is required.
Experience with Cloud Computing is required.
Experience with Distributed systems is required.
Proficiency with Docker is required.