Senior Platform Software Engineer

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
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Salary: $79,600–$166,100 / yr
Posted: 83 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today

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TL;DR · Senior Platform Software Engineer

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The Senior Platform Software Engineer joins the platform team to deliver routine and non-routine work, including minor enhancements to shared services, SDKs, and integration adapters. This role involves troubleshooting standard issues using established playbooks, maintaining backward compatibility, and monitoring platform API and SDK usage to propose improvements for observability and resilience. The engineer will contribute to software design, conduct debugging, and implement functional testing, quality assurance processes, and error logging. Key responsibilities include applying versioning rules, performing periodic system maintenance for patching, and ensuring secure coding practices. The position requires collaborating with peers to resolve customer-reported issues and advocating for product enhancements. The work focuses on maintaining platform reliability, interoperability strategies, and lifecycle management for internal and external software components.

What does a Platform Software Engineer earn?

Median $156000 from 139 postings across 5 companies.

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Skills

API SDK Observability Monitoring Debugging Performance Profiling Secure Coding Software Testing Quality Assurance System Maintenance Automation

What you'll do

Deliver enhancements to shared services, integration adapters, and SDK surfaces within defined guardrails.
Apply versioning rules during fixes and rollouts to ensure backward compatibility for downstream teams.
Propose improvements to observability and resilience based on API and SDK usage signals.
Develop, test, and debug code for new features while maintaining documentation of software designs.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues related to API functionality and system interoperability.
Implement performance profiling, monitoring, and automated testing to ensure service reliability.
Perform routine maintenance, patching, and updates for systems to address critical vulnerabilities.
Provide technical guidance to customers and advocate for product improvements based on user feedback.

What we're looking for

Must be able to read, write, and speak English.
Ability to develop and review code for new features and enhancements following design specifications.
Experience in troubleshooting and resolving standard and non-standard issues related to API functionality and integration.
Knowledge of software development lifecycle phases and industry best practices for software development processes.
Ability to implement software testing, quality assurance, error logging, monitoring, and observability.
Ability to perform performance profiling and optimization of coding.
Ability to implement secure coding practices to prevent security vulnerabilities.
Ability to perform maintenance and testing operations for systems requiring updates or patching.

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