Senior Platform Software Engineer

Oracle•United States,

About The Position

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) delivers mission-critical cloud services for leading enterprises around the world. OCI provides hyper-scale, multi-tenant services across a global cloud footprint and continues to expand across dedicated, hybrid, multicloud, edge, data, and AI capabilities. We are seeking a Software Developer 3 to help build and operate AI and cloud platform capabilities supporting a strategic enterprise customer engagement. The team is developing an initial capability for a large customer and evolving it into a reusable OCI platform offering. In this role, you will work with experienced engineers, product management, and customer-facing teams to deliver reliable software, learn the customer’s technical needs, and contribute to rapid product iteration. You will develop production-quality components while building depth in cloud platforms, data systems, IoT, or AI technologies.

Requirements

3+ years of professional software-development experience, including experience delivering production software or services.
Strong programming skills in one or more languages such as Java, Go, Python, C++, C#, or similar.
Experience developing backend applications, distributed-system components, cloud-native services, or data-processing applications.
Ability to independently deliver well-scoped features and components, with guidance on broader technical design and prioritization.
Experience working collaboratively in an Agile or iterative software-development environment.
Curiosity and willingness to learn rapidly from customers, product managers, and senior engineers.
Exposure to one or more of the following areas: Data engineering or data platforms, including ingestion, processing, storage, or pipelines; IoT, device connectivity, telemetry, or edge-to-cloud systems; AI/ML platforms, model training, model serving, RAG, evaluation harnesses, AI agents, or MCP.
Familiarity with REST APIs, source control, code review, automated testing, CI/CD, containers, or cloud services.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in software development OR Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 4 years of experience in software development OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 4 years of experience in software development OR Master's of Technology (M.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 2 year of experience in software development OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 2 year of experience in software development OR Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field.
Same skills as prior level plus; Distributed Systems: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of distributed systems, including designing or managing scalable, secure, and highly available software systems. Prototyping: Demonstrated experience creating and refining prototypes for system validation and stakeholder feedback. Computer Science Programming: Demonstrated understanding of computer science principles and ability to implement them in code. Software Engineering: Demonstrated proficiency in all phases of software engineering and development. Web Development: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of web development, including designing, developing, or maintaining modern web applications using current frameworks. Innovation: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of innovation, including generating or supporting new ideas, technologies, or processes for organizational growth. Cross-Functional/Team Collaboration: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of cross-functional collaboration, including working with stakeholders across teams or geographies to achieve common objectives. Information Vulnerabilities: Demonstrated ability to assess and mitigate vulnerabilities in IT and physical information assets. Operating Systems: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of operating systems, including installing, upgrading, and troubleshooting various operating environments. API Development: Demonstrated ability to develop, test, and maintain secure APIs for application integration. API Integration: Demonstrated ability to build and manage robust API integrations for seamless interoperability between systems. Applied Algorithm Engineering: Demonstrated skill in designing, analyzing, and optimizing algorithms for efficiency and scalability. Source Control: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of source control, including managing and documenting code versions and release branches.
4 years of experience with programming and/or scripting languages (e.g., SQL, C/C++, JavaScript).
3 years of experience with databases.

Nice To Haves

Experience with OCI, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or another cloud platform.
Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, microservices, distributed data systems, or event-driven architectures.
Exposure to generative AI, RAG, AI agents, MCP, or enterprise AI integrations.
Experience supporting enterprise applications, scientific/research workloads, IoT systems, or internal platform services.
8 years of experience in software development OR Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 4 years of experience in software development OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 4 years of experience in software development OR Master's of Technology (M.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 2 years of experience in software development OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 2 year of experience in software development OR Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics.
2 years of experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle Cloud).

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, and maintain software components for AI and cloud platform services.
Implement backend services, APIs, integrations, automation, data-processing components, and operational tooling.
Work with engineers and product managers to understand requirements and translate customer scenarios into software features.
Contribute to rapid iteration by investigating customer feedback, troubleshooting issues, and improving product functionality.
Write clean, maintainable, secure, and well-tested code following established engineering practices.
Build unit, integration, and functional tests; participate in performance and resilience testing.
Add logging, metrics, telemetry, health checks, and alerts to improve service observability.
Help investigate, debug, and resolve service issues in development and production environments.
Participate in code reviews, design discussions, documentation, and engineering-planning activities.
Automate repeatable operational tasks, deployment workflows, configuration, and testing.
Learn and apply OCI standards for reliability, security, availability, and operational readiness.
Implement features and services from defined technical requirements and designs.
Develop maintainable code, APIs, integrations, and automated tests.
Debug defects and improve performance, reliability, and usability of owned components.
Participate in code reviews and apply feedback to improve technical quality.
Support the team in understanding customer workflows and technical requirements.
Help turn customer feedback into actionable engineering tasks and product improvements.
Contribute to fast, iterative delivery while maintaining quality and engineering discipline.
Learn the domain and help identify opportunities to make solutions more reusable across customers.
Add monitoring, logging, and telemetry to owned components.
Assist with service troubleshooting, incident investigation, and root-cause analysis.
Follow operational procedures and contribute to runbooks and support documentation.
Help improve automation for deployments, testing, and routine operational tasks.
Follow secure-development practices and OCI engineering standards.
Work effectively with engineers, product managers, operations, security, and customer-facing teams.
Communicate progress, risks, and technical questions clearly and promptly.
Pursue ongoing learning in cloud, data, IoT, and AI technologies.