Principal Platform Software Engineer - Oracle Health

Oracle•United States,

22h•$105,900 - $234,600

About The Position

Oracle Health is hiring a Principal Platform Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and maintenance of full-stack applications for its CDA platform. The role spans modern React-based user interfaces and cloud-native backend services, with technical leadership in system design, architectural decisions, and implementation strategies for complex, scalable solutions. The engineer will work closely with AI researchers, software developers, product managers, UX designers, and healthcare domain experts to deliver AI-driven healthcare applications. The work includes building responsive and accessible front ends; developing backend services, APIs, microservices, and distributed systems; architecting data ingestion and processing capabilities; integrating generative AI, search, and NLP; and building event-driven data pipelines. The role also promotes application security, privacy, and healthcare regulatory compliance; leads architecture and code reviews; mentors engineers; and drives cross-team technical initiatives and platform innovation. The position requires a BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field and at least eight years of professional software development experience, including significant front-end and backend development experience.

Requirements

BS or MS degree in Computer Science or a related field.
At least 8 years of professional software development experience, including significant experience in both front-end and backend application development.
Strong experience building modern web applications using React and JavaScript/TypeScript.
Proficiency in Java, Python, or similar object-oriented programming languages for backend development.
Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and distributed systems.
Proven experience in system design and software architecture, including designing scalable, reliable, highly available, and maintainable distributed systems.
Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs, microservices, and cloud-native applications.
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as OCI, AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes.
Experience working with databases, data modeling, and scalable data platforms.
Knowledge of event-driven architectures and messaging technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar frameworks.
Understanding of frontend best practices, including responsive design, state management, accessibility, performance optimization, and testing frameworks.
Demonstrated technical leadership, including leading complex engineering projects, driving architectural decisions, and providing technical guidance to other engineers.
Ability to evaluate architectural trade-offs, solve complex technical problems, and drive solutions from design through production.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to influence technical decisions and work effectively across cross-functional teams.
Strong problem-solving ability, ownership mindset, and interest in mentoring engineers and driving engineering excellence.

Nice To Haves

Experience building AI-powered or data-intensive applications.
Familiarity with healthcare technologies, healthcare data standards, or regulated environments.
Experience with modern frontend tooling and frameworks such as Redux, React Query, Next.js, Jest, Cypress, or similar technologies.
Exposure to generative AI, large language models (LLMs), vector databases, and search technologies.
Experience leading the architecture and delivery of large-scale, distributed, or mission-critical cloud applications.

Responsibilities

Lead the design, development, and maintenance of full-stack applications for the CDA platform, including React-based user interfaces and cloud-native backend services.
Provide technical leadership in system design, architectural decisions, and implementation strategies for complex, scalable solutions.
Collaborate with AI researchers, developers, product managers, UX designers, and healthcare domain experts to define and deliver solutions.
Build responsive, accessible, high-performing front-end applications using React, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5, and modern web technologies.
Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Java, Python, or similar object-oriented languages.
Lead the design and implementation of scalable microservices, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems for AI-driven healthcare applications.
Architect and optimize data ingestion, storage, processing, and retrieval capabilities for intelligent healthcare workflows.
Integrate generative AI, search, and NLP capabilities for conversational experiences, semantic search, summarization, and decision support.
Design, build, and optimize data pipelines using technologies such as Kafka, Flink, and RabbitMQ, and related event-driven architectures.
Collaborate with UX and product teams to deliver intuitive user experiences and seamless integration between front-end and backend systems.
Ensure application security, privacy, and compliance through secure coding, access controls, encryption, and adherence to healthcare regulations.
Lead and participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical design discussions.
Mentor and guide engineers, provide technical direction, promote best practices, and foster innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
Drive technical initiatives across teams, identify architectural improvements, and help resolve complex engineering challenges.
Stay current with emerging technologies in AI, cloud computing, web development, and healthcare to drive platform innovation.

Benefits

Competitive compensation; the posting states a U.S. hiring range of $105,900 to $234,600 per annum.
Potential eligibility for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion.
Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
Life insurance and AD&D.
Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children.
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts.
Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits.
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match.
Flexible or accrued vacation, depending on employee eligibility and position.
11 paid holidays.
Paid sick leave.
Paid parental leave.
Adoption assistance.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Financial planning and group legal benefits.
Voluntary auto, homeowner, and pet insurance benefits.
Professional growth and career advancement opportunities.
Volunteer programs that encourage employees to give back to their communities.