Senior Platform Software Engineer

Oracle•Nashville, TN

20d•$92,500 - $209,500

About The Position

As part of the Java Platform Group, you will work with development, support and quality engineering teams to diagnose and resolve issues across the JDK Core Libraries and Security components. The team is responsible for producing Oracle JDK Update releases, assisting enterprise customers with complex production issues, and contributing fixes and enhancements to the OpenJDK project. As a team, we are increasingly embracing AI-assisted software engineering to improve developer productivity, automate repetitive tasks and accelerate the delivery of high-quality JDK updates.

Requirements

A degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
Strong Java development skills, particularly within the JDK Core Libraries.
Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, networking and performance analysis.
An enthusiasm for using AI as an everyday engineering tool to improve productivity, accelerate debugging and automate software development tasks.
A passion for improving engineering productivity through automation, developer tooling, scripting and AI-assisted workflows.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Java security technologies (JSSE, TLS, cryptography, certificates and Post-Quantum Cryptography) is desirable.
Experience contributing to open-source software, backporting fixes across multiple software release trains, or developing engineering tools and automation would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

Diagnose and resolve issues across the JDK Core Libraries and Security components.
Produce Oracle JDK Update releases.
Assist enterprise customers with complex production issues.
Contribute fixes and enhancements to the OpenJDK project.