Senior Software Engineer, Platform

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Nashville, TN
Salary: $92,500–$209,500 / yr
Posted: 43 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Platform

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The Senior Software Engineer, Platform will join the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure team to build platform capabilities that make cloud services safer and easier for engineers and customers to use. You will own components within platform services, including APIs, SDKs, integration frameworks, and developer tooling. Day-to-day responsibilities involve designing, building, testing, and operating backend components while ensuring secure, multi-tenant interoperability. You will diagnose complex issues across distributed services, improve availability through resilience patterns, and create technical documentation. The role requires proficiency in object-oriented or systems programming languages like Java, C++, C#, or Go. Candidates must understand distributed-systems fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, and secure software-development practices. You will solve technical problems related to high-availability, scalable cloud services, and RESTful API design within a multi-tenant environment.

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Median $197400 from 2576 postings across 150 companies.

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Skills

Java C++ C# Go RESTful APIs Microservices SDKs distributed-systems Containers Cloud-native Observability Source Control Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

What you'll do

Design, build, test, and operate backend platform components, APIs, SDKs, and integration frameworks.
Manage the evolution of contract versioning and interoperability for secure, multi-tenant platform services.
Diagnose and resolve complex issues across distributed services while providing compatibility-safe fixes.
Improve system availability, performance, and capacity through monitoring, logging, and automation.
Review designs and code to guide other engineers in adopting platform capabilities.
Create high-quality technical documentation, samples, and operational guidance for platform consumers.
Participate in incident investigation and root-cause follow-up for continuous service improvement.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
4+ years of professional software-development experience (fewer years accepted for advanced degree holders).
Proficiency in at least one object-oriented or systems programming language such as Java, C++, C#, or Go.
Experience designing and building backend services, APIs, microservices, SDKs, or developer-facing platform capabilities.
Understanding of distributed-systems fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and secure software-development practices.
Experience with API design, integration, versioning, testing, source control, and production troubleshooting.
Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills with a demonstrated sense of ownership.
Experience with cloud services, RESTful APIs, containers, observability, or multi-tenant service design (preferred).

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