Principal Platform Software Engineer

Oracle

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$105,900–$234,600 / yr
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TL;DR · Principal Platform Software Engineer

The Principal Platform Software Engineer- Oracle Health joins the Oracle Health Platform Engineering team to build and operate shared platform services that ensure secure, reliable product delivery at scale. This role involves leading the architecture, design, and implementation of complex platform capabilities and shared components while improving reliability and security posture. Key responsibilities include driving technical decisions, establishing engineering standards for API consistency and observability, and mentoring engineers through code reviews. The position requires expertise in building distributed services, data modeling, and IAM-related service design, including token-based authentication and secrets management. Candidates should possess skills in cloud environments like OCI, AWS, or Azure, alongside containerization and orchestration. The work focuses on solving technical problems related to secure-by-design implementations, user provisioning, and AI-assisted engineering workflows.

What you'll do

  • Lead architecture, design, and implementation for complex platform services and shared components.
  • Own key technical decisions to ensure solutions meet security, scalability, performance, and operability requirements.
  • Establish and improve engineering standards for API consistency, test strategy, deployment patterns, and observability.
  • Drive reliability improvements through SLO/SLI management, capacity planning, incident analysis, and automation.
  • Partner with Security and Compliance teams to ensure secure-by-design implementations and audit readiness.
  • Apply AI-assisted engineering to accelerate design, implementation, testing, and troubleshooting across multiple projects.
  • Establish and coach team patterns for AI-assisted development, including test generation and code review checklists.
  • Use AI to enhance operational excellence by automating repetitive tasks and improving incident triage workflows.

What we're looking for

  • BS in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
  • 7+ years of professional software development experience.
  • Demonstrated experience building and operating distributed services in production.
  • Strong system design skills, including data modeling, API design, and performance/reliability tradeoffs.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive technical alignment across teams and deliver results in ambiguous problem spaces.
  • Strong IAM-related service design experience (preferred).
  • Experience building or integrating user provisioning and entitlement services (preferred).
  • Experience with secure platform patterns and cloud experience (preferred).

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