Principal Platform Software Engineer

Oracle•Nashville, TN

21h

About The Position

This role will help evolve Oracle Cloud’s pre-deployment safety platform for production changes. The engineer will lead cross-team platform projects across OCI deployment safety systems, and service teams to build scalable release-safety capabilities for policy evaluation, operational risk checks, approvals, safe rollout, and multi-tenant service integration. This includes diagnosing complex cross-service deployment issues, improving observability, capacity, and resiliency, and producing technical guidance, rollout playbooks, and integration patterns that reduce deployment risk while keeping release workflows efficient.

Requirements

Principal Platform Software Engineer
OCI deployment safety systems
policy evaluation
operational risk checks
approvals
safe rollout
multi-tenant service integration
diagnosing complex cross-service deployment issues
improving observability, capacity, and resiliency
producing technical guidance
rollout playbooks
integration patterns
minimize deployment risk
keeping release workflows efficient
advanced knowledge to develop and guide new software features and enhancements
leading design specifications
ensuring accessibility
develops documents to clarify software design and code
leads code reviews
debugging and troubleshooting
complex software issues
comprehensive software testing (e.g., functional and non-functional testing)
quality assurance processes
software error logging, monitoring, and observability
performance profiling and optimization
building scalable solutions
anticipating and resolving potential outcomes
troubleshooting and resolving complex issues related to application programming interface (API) functionality and integration
complex API versioning, lifecycle, and interoperability strategies
developing software, systems, and services
technical guidance and coaching to less experienced developers
adherence to architectural standards
stakeholders and networks externally
complex performance optimization and scalability strategies in software design
technology research and evaluation
understanding customer issues
align solutions
advanced technical guidance and support to customers
customer-reported issues
customer satisfaction
timely resolution of issues
effective communication
customer issue and/or defect handling and training processes
investigates and troubleshoots complex and broad-reaching/scoped maintenance issues
development practices and coding standards
coaching to less experienced team members
peer review processes
technical leadership
code quality and adherence to broad acceptance criteria
advanced knowledge of industry best practices
complex secure coding practices
prevent security vulnerabilities
periodic maintenance and testing operations for systems that require upgrading or patching
critical vulnerabilities
automation, testing, and debugging of systems
service/product availability, health, support, and reliability
manages and coordinates moderately complex tasks
monitoring timelines and deliverables
adherence to requirements for a moderately sized project or initiative
delegates, monitors, and prioritizes work across multiple projects
technical oversight
adjusting plans to address shifts in resources or timelines
collaborates across the organization
align on expectations
achieve shared objectives
understanding of business leaders, stakeholders, and/or customers
proposed solutions meet their needs
actively seeking and listening to diverse perspectives
ensuring others feel heard and respected
identifies and addresses moderately complex issues
analyzing a wide range of data and/or information
identify solutions in accordance with standard practices
proactively escalates unresolved or critical issues
thorough assessment
suggests potential solutions
reviews, contributes to, and documents problem solving strategies
pursues learning opportunities
expand knowledge and skills and/or tools in new areas
stays abreast of the latest industry trends and best practices
proactively seeks and leverages ongoing feedback and training
coaches and mentors junior team members
fostering continuous learning and knowledge sharing within and across teams
develops ideas, recommends updates, and/or collaborates on the implementation of process improvements
increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows across teams
evaluates the impact on key stakeholders
solicits feedback from others on ideas for alternative approaches and methods for continued improvement
contributes to the talent development pipeline
participating in candidate interviews
assessing candidates
providing hiring recommendations

Responsibilities

Lead cross-team evolution of middleware patterns or runtimes to standardize interoperability at scale.
Define and enforce versioning, deprecation, and rollout strategies that minimize downstream breaks.
Drive shared observability baselines (SLOs, error budgets) and resilience patterns across several services.
Designs software solutions and analyzes and identifies requirements to achieve business and operational goals, sharing results with manager upon completion.
Adheres to and improves execution of all phases of the software development lifecycle; provides guidance and coaching to engineers to drive improvements.
Utilizes advanced knowledge to develop and guide new software features and enhancements leading design specifications, ensuring accessibility, and develops documents to clarify software design and code.
Leads code reviews in multiple areas to help drive improvements.
Conducts debugging and troubleshooting to identify and fix complex software issues.
Develops fixes for identified issues.
Implements comprehensive software testing (e.g., functional and non-functional testing), quality assurance processes, software error logging, monitoring, and observability for effective debugging, sharing work with manager and/or lead upon completion.
Conducts performance profiling and optimization of coding, building scalable solutions, and anticipating and resolving potential outcomes.
Troubleshoots and resolves complex issues related to application programming interface (API) functionality and integration.
Implements complex API versioning, lifecycle, and interoperability strategies.
Implements and contributes to developing software, systems, and services, ensuring review by manager and/or senior technical leaders upon completion.
Recommends project or design scope.
Provides technical guidance and coaching to less experienced developers in existing software architecture.
Contributes to periodic reviews and ensures adherence to architectural standards.
Collaborates with stakeholders and networks externally to ensure work aligns with software architecture.
Implements complex performance optimization and scalability strategies in software design.
Occasionally conducts technology research and evaluation for potential architectural changes that may have an impact on results for the team.
Collaborates with stakeholders to understand customer issues and align solutions.
May provide advanced technical guidance and support to customers regarding customer-reported issues.
Advocates for customers' interests and suggests product enhancements based on feedback.
Provides input to ensure customer satisfaction through timely resolution of issues and effective communication.
Identifies and implements customer issue and/or defect handling and training processes.
Investigates and troubleshoots complex and broad-reaching/scoped maintenance issues to ensure customer agreement on short- and long-term solutions (e.g., future enhancements).
Collaborates with the team and externally to follow development practices and coding standards, providing coaching to less experienced team members.
Participates in peer review processes, provides technical leadership, and ensures code quality and adherence to broad acceptance criteria during development, independently.
Demonstrates and shares advanced knowledge of industry best practices and applies them to software development processes.
Implements complex secure coding practices to prevent security vulnerabilities.
Performs periodic maintenance and testing operations for systems that require upgrading or patching (e.g., for critical vulnerabilities), sharing results with manager upon completion.
Drives improvements, ensures automation, testing, and debugging of systems to ensure service/product availability, health, support, and reliability.
Manages and coordinates moderately complex tasks, monitoring timelines and deliverables to ensure timely completion and adherence to requirements for a moderately sized project or initiative.
Efficiently delegates, monitors, and prioritizes work across multiple projects, providing technical oversight and adjusting plans to address shifts in resources or timelines.
Collaborates across the organization to align on expectations and achieve shared objectives.
Leverages understanding of business leaders, stakeholders, and/or customers to ensure proposed solutions meet their needs.
Supports inclusivity by actively seeking and listening to diverse perspectives, ensuring others feel heard and respected.
Identifies and addresses moderately complex issues by analyzing a wide range of data and/or information to identify solutions in accordance with standard practices.
Proactively escalates unresolved or critical issues with a thorough assessment and suggests potential solutions.
Reviews, contributes to, and documents problem solving strategies.
Pursues learning opportunities to expand knowledge and skills and/or tools in new areas and stays abreast of the latest industry trends and best practices.
Proactively seeks and leverages ongoing feedback and training to improve skills.
Coaches and mentors junior team members, fostering continuous learning and knowledge sharing within and across teams.
Develops ideas, recommends updates, and/or collaborates on the implementation of process improvements to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows across teams, and evaluates the impact on key stakeholders.
Solicits feedback from others on ideas for alternative approaches and methods for continued improvement.
Contributes to the talent development pipeline by participating in candidate interviews, assessing candidates, and providing hiring recommendations.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
Short term disability and long term disability
Life insurance and AD&D
Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
11 paid holidays
72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Financial planning and group legal
Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance