Senior Platform Software Engineer

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Nashville, TN
Salary: $87,800–$209,500 / yr
Posted: 7 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Senior Platform Software Engineer

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The Senior Platform Software Engineer joins the platform services team to own moderately complex components, including service modules and SDK areas. This role involves evolving contracts for multi-tenant use, performing deep debugging across distributed services, and driving compatibility-safe remediation plans. You will implement targeted resilience and capacity optimizations, perform performance profiling, and manage API versioning and interoperability strategies. Key responsibilities include designing software solutions aligned with system architecture, leading code reviews, and implementing functional and non-functional testing, monitoring, and observability. You will also author team-scoped documentation and adoption guidance. The role requires expertise in secure coding practices, software development lifecycle phases, and troubleshooting complex product maintenance issues to ensure service availability, health, and reliability for downstream consumers within a distributed service graph.

What does a Platform Software Engineer earn?

Median $156000 from 139 postings across 5 companies.

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Skills

SDK API Software Architecture Observability Performance Profiling Secure Coding Functional Testing Non-functional Testing Logging Scalability Automation Debugging

What you'll do

Own and evolve bounded platform components, service modules, and SDK areas for multi-tenant use.
Perform deep debugging across distributed services to drive compatibility-safe remediation plans.
Implement targeted resilience, capacity optimizations, and API versioning strategies.
Design and develop software systems aligned with pre-defined architecture and scalability goals.
Conduct performance profiling, software testing, and implement observability for effective debugging.
Author and curate team-scoped documentation, samples, and adoption guidance for consumers.
Lead code reviews and establish development practices to ensure high code quality and security.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex product maintenance issues to provide long-term customer solutions.

What we're looking for

Applicants must have 3 to 5+ years of experience.
Applicants must be able to read, write, and speak English.
Experience owning moderately complex platform components, services, or SDKs is required.
Experience performing deep debugging across distributed services is required.
Experience implementing resilience, capacity optimizations, and API versioning strategies is required.
Experience designing software solutions and systems aligned to pre-defined architectures is required.
Experience implementing software testing, quality assurance, and observability processes is required.
Experience implementing secure coding practices to prevent security vulnerabilities is required.

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