Principal Application Software Engineer

Oracle•United States,

81d•$114,600 - $234,600

About The Position

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong leadership skills, serving as a trusted technical advisor while remaining actively engaged in software design and development. This individual will collaborate closely with product, engineering, and platform teams to deliver high-quality solutions that meet business and customer needs.

Requirements

Deep technical expertise
Strong leadership skills
Actively engaged in software design and development
Experience with enterprise-scale software systems and services architecture, design, and implementation
Experience driving technical strategy and influencing architectural decisions
Experience serving as a technical lead for critical initiatives
Experience establishing and promoting software engineering best practices, coding standards, and design principles
Experience identifying and mitigating technical risks
Experience designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality backend services and applications
Experience building and supporting distributed systems and microservices-based architectures
Experience ensuring solutions are secure, maintainable, observable, and operationally efficient
Experience troubleshooting and resolving complex production issues
Experience driving root-cause analysis and long-term improvements
Experience participating in code reviews and architectural reviews
Experience providing technical leadership and mentorship
Experience guiding and supporting teams of engineers through technical execution and delivery
Experience fostering a collaborative engineering culture
Experience assisting in technical skill development, career growth, and knowledge sharing
Experience partnering with Product Management, Engineering, Platform, Security, and Operations teams
Experience translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions
Experience communicating technical concepts, tradeoffs, and recommendations effectively
Experience supporting planning, estimation, prioritization, and execution of strategic initiatives

Responsibilities

Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise-scale software systems and services.
Drive technical strategy and influence architectural decisions across multiple projects and teams.
Serve as a technical lead for critical initiatives, providing guidance through design, development, testing, deployment, and operational support.
Establish and promote software engineering best practices, coding standards, and design principles.
Identify and mitigate technical risks while ensuring solutions meet scalability, reliability, and performance requirements.
Design, develop, and maintain high-quality backend services and applications.
Build and support distributed systems and microservices-based architectures.
Ensure solutions are secure, maintainable, observable, and operationally efficient.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues while driving root-cause analysis and long-term improvements.
Participate in code reviews and architectural reviews to maintain engineering excellence.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to software engineers across the organization.
Guide and support teams of approximately 5-6 engineers through technical execution and delivery.
Foster a collaborative engineering culture focused on continuous learning, innovation, and accountability.
Assist in technical skill development, career growth, and knowledge sharing within the team.
Partner with Product Management, Engineering, Platform, Security, and Operations teams to deliver business value.
Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Communicate technical concepts, tradeoffs, and recommendations effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Support planning, estimation, prioritization, and execution of strategic initiatives.