Senior Principal Software Developer

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
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Salary: $104,600–$264,100 / yr
Posted: 96 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday

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This role $184k

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This role pays more than 50% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$222,625 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $184k versus about $187k for comparable roles.

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TL;DR · Senior Principal Software Developer

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Senior Principal Software Developer (IC5) joins the Oracle Health Platform Engineering team to provide broad technical leadership across multiple platform domains. This role focuses on defining architecture, establishing engineering standards, and leading strategic initiatives centered on security, reliability, and developer productivity. The successful candidate will build foundational capabilities for secure, compliant services while shaping an AI-first engineering culture by setting vision and guardrails for AI-assisted development in coding, testing, and operations. Key responsibilities include mentoring senior engineers, managing risk mitigation, and ensuring operational excellence through automation and SLOs. Required expertise includes Java or other object-oriented languages, distributed systems, and cloud architecture. Preferred skills involve identity architecture, provisioning platforms, Oracle Database experience, and service-oriented architectures to solve complex problems regarding scale, security, and infrastructure reliability within the health platform domain.

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Skills

Java Distributed Systems Oracle Database OCI Cloud Architecture Service Oriented Architecture Identity Architecture Zero Trust Policy-as-Code Automation Artificial Intelligence Container Platforms

What you'll do

Define and drive scalable, secure architecture across multiple platform services and teams.
Lead strategic initiatives focused on platform security, reliability, and developer productivity.
Establish and enforce engineering standards for architecture patterns and operational readiness.
Identify and mitigate systemic risks related to security, scalability, and compliance.
Drive a culture of operational excellence through SLOs, error budgets, and automation.
Mentor senior engineers through design reviews and technical deep-dives.
Set the technical vision and guardrails for AI-assisted software development and delivery.
Partner with leadership to align roadmaps and ensure responsible AI usage across the enterprise.

What we're looking for

BS in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
10+ years of professional software development experience in Java or other object-oriented languages with significant architecture ownership.
Proven track record delivering large-scale, mission-critical distributed systems in production.
Strong security mindset and demonstrated ability to influence across organizations.
Excellent communication skills to drive alignment among technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Must be able to obtain and maintain the required security clearance.
Expertise in identity architecture, provisioning platforms, and compliance-oriented engineering (preferred).
Experience with Oracle Database, Service Oriented Architectures, and cloud platform building (preferred).