Software Developer 4

Oracle•Nashville, TN

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to design, build, and operate cloud-native services on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). You will own service architecture and delivery for high-availability, high-throughput systems, with a strong emphasis on API design, automation, observability, and security. The ideal candidate brings deep experience with Java/Python microservices, Kubernetes, CI/CD, IaC, and cloud networking/security. You will collaborate across security, operations/SRE, product, and customer-facing teams; mentor engineers; and drive roadmaps that improve reliability, performance, and developer velocity. You will lead initiatives that integrate with core OCI services, enhance our code-signing and software supply chain posture, and expand automation to reduce toil and improve consistency. Success in this role means delivering resilient services (meeting SLOs), accelerating safe releases, and championing best practices for secure, compliant operations in a global enterprise environment. Only Oracle brings together the data, infrastructure, applications, and expertise to power everything from industry innovations to life-saving care. And with AI embedded across our products and services, we help customers turn that promise into a better future for all. Discover your potential at a company leading the way in AI and cloud solutions that impact billions of lives. True innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That’s why we’re committed to growing a workforce that promotes opportunities for all with competitive benefits that support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs. We’re committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for a disability at any point, let us know by emailing [email protected] or by calling 1-888-404-2494 in the United States. Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

Requirements

6–10 years professional experience building and operating distributed systems or cloud services.
Strong in Java (J2EE) and/or Python; expertise building RESTful APIs and microservices.
Containers and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (incl. ingress, service mesh basics).
CI/CD: Git, Jenkins (or similar) with automated build/test/deploy and rollout strategies.
Cloud automation and IaC: Terraform, Ansible; solid scripting (bash/shell, Python).
Observability: metrics, logging, tracing; production troubleshooting and performance tuning.
Cloud networking and security: VPC/VCN, load balancing, firewalls/security lists, IAM, TLS/encryption.
Experience with Oracle Autonomous Database (ADB) or similar managed databases.
Strong communication, ownership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on with OCI services (Compute, VCN, IAM, OKE, LB, Logging/Monitoring, Object Storage).
Advanced API design (OpenAPI, versioning, schema evolution), API gateways, authn/z patterns.
Secure software supply chain experience: code signing, KMS, secrets management, SBOM/SLSA.
Deeper automation in Python/Go/Java; robust bash; configuration management best practices.
Experience with eventing/messaging and caching (e.g., Kafka, Redis) and performance tuning.
Familiarity with enterprise compliance, audit logging, and change management.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and operate cloud-native services on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
Own service architecture and delivery for high-availability, high-throughput systems.
Collaborate across security, operations/SRE, product, and customer-facing teams.
Mentor engineers.
Drive roadmaps that improve reliability, performance, and developer velocity.
Lead initiatives that integrate with core OCI services.
Enhance our code-signing and software supply chain posture.
Expand automation to reduce toil and improve consistency.
Delivering resilient services (meeting SLOs), accelerating safe releases, and championing best practices for secure, compliant operations in a global enterprise environment.