Senior Software Engineer, Platform

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Nashville, TN
Salary: $92,500–$209,500 / yr
Posted: 42 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 managing contracts, versioning, and interoperability for secure, multi-tenant use. You will improve availability and performance through resilience patterns, monitoring, and automation. The role requires proficiency in object-oriented or systems programming languages like Java, C++, C#, or Go. You must understand distributed-systems fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, and secure software-development practices. The work focuses on solving complex issues across distributed services to ensure reliable, high-quality platform interfaces.

What does a Software Engineer earn?

Median $197400 from 2576 postings across 150 companies.

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Skills

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

What you'll do

Design, build, test, and operate backend platform components, APIs, SDKs, and integration frameworks.
Own a defined platform area and manage its contracts, versioning, and multi-tenant interoperability.
Diagnose and resolve complex issues across distributed services while delivering compatibility-safe fixes.
Improve system availability, performance, and capacity through resilience patterns, monitoring, and automation.
Create high-quality technical documentation, samples, and operational guidance for platform consumers.
Participate in incident investigation and root-cause follow-up for service support and continuous improvement.

What we're looking for

Applicants must be able to read, write, and speak English.
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; advanced degree holders may have fewer years of experience.
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.
Experience building highly available, scalable cloud services or platform products (preferred).

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