Senior Application Software Engineer

Oracle•Reston, VA

20h

About The Position

Oracle Government Defense & Intelligence is seeking a Senior Application Software Engineer to build and operate secure, scalable application services for sovereign and government cloud environments. This role will deliver medium-complexity features, improve quality and reliability, support production systems, and collaborate across engineering, QA, operations, and product teams to meet mission-critical customer needs.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship with active US Government security clearance, TS/SCI with Poly, at hire.
8 years of software development experience; or bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field and 4 years of software development experience; or master's degree in a relevant technical field and 2 years of software development experience; or doctorate in a relevant technical field.
4 years of experience with programming and/or scripting languages.
3 years of experience with databases.
Experience with distributed systems, software engineering practices, API development or integration, source control, debugging, and secure development.
Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly through design docs, implementation notes, code reviews, and operational handoffs.

Nice To Haves

8 years of software development experience or equivalent advanced degree plus experience.
2 years of experience with cloud platforms such as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
Experience with RESTful APIs, microservices, CI/CD, containers, Kubernetes, Linux, observability, incident response, and reliability improvement.
Experience contributing to production services in regulated, classified, sovereign, or air-gapped environments.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, and maintain secure application software, services, APIs, and integrations.
Drive medium-sized features and quality improvements with measurable reliability, performance, and maintainability outcomes.
Translate ambiguous requirements into scalable designs, implementation plans, and technical documentation.
Lead code reviews in designated application areas and recommend improvements to development practices.
Troubleshoot and resolve moderately complex application, API, integration, and production issues.
Participate in production support, incident investigation, root cause analysis, observability improvements, and operational readiness.
Partner with QA and engineering teams to define test strategy and ensure consistency across modules.
Mentor junior engineers and collaborate cross-functionally on feature delivery and service improvements.

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
Paid time off: 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
Paid sick leave: 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