Senior Platform Software Engineer

Oracle
Austin, TX, United States
13 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Part-time (≤ 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Compensation
$92,500.0 - $209,500.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Automation of Tests Cloud Computing Code Coverage Software Quality Code Review Continuous Integration Data Structures Data Stores Relational Databases
+13 more
DevOps Distributed Systems NoSQL Performance Tuning Runbook Software Engineering System Software Web Applications Software Troubleshooting Backend Information Technology Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Software Version Control

Job description

As a Senior Software Development Engineer, you will own the design and development of major components that improve the developer experience for software teams building Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. You should be a rock-solid coder and distributed systems generalist who values simplicity, scale, collaboration, and continuous learning. This role also calls for embracing AI-native development to accelerate delivery, improve engineering workflows, and rethink how OCI teams build, test, operate, and evolve software. After onboarding, you will be expected to provide technical leadership to other software developers., * Design and implement full-stack services, APIs, tools, and platform capabilities that improve the developer experience for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure software teams.

  • Deliver features end to end: requirements clarification, technical design, implementation, automated testing, deployment, and operational support.
  • Partner with OCI engineering teams to understand developer pain points and turn them into reliable, scalable internal platform capabilities.
  • Participate in code and design reviews; contribute to engineering best practices across testing, CI/CD, observability, security, and operational readiness.
  • Diagnose and resolve production issues; participate in on-call and incident response and drive follow-up actions.
  • Produce and maintain documentation, runbooks, and operational playbooks.

AI-First Engineering Expectations

  • Demonstrate practical experience using AI-assisted techniques and tools to improve developer productivity and software quality, including faster prototyping, stronger test coverage, safer refactoring, better documentation, and improved operational workflows.
  • Apply an AI-native engineering mindset to day-to-day work: generating and validating code suggestions, creating and maintaining tests, improving observability and runbooks, and rethinking how software teams build, test, operate, and evolve cloud infrastructure.
  • Understand and follow enterprise security and privacy requirements when using AI tooling, including protecting sensitive data and using approved tools and workflows.

Requirements

  • BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5-6+ years of professional software development experience.
  • Proficiency in Java and experience building REST and/or gRPC services.
  • Experience building full-stack software, including backend services and user-facing tools or web applications.
  • Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems fundamentals.
  • Working knowledge of data stores, including RDBMS and/or NoSQL systems.
  • Experience with modern engineering practices, including source control, code review, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills.

Benefits & conditions

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $92,500 to $209,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle’s differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

  1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
  2. Short term disability and long term disability
  3. Life insurance and AD&D
  4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
  5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
  6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
  7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
  8. 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.
  9. 11 paid holidays
  10. 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.
  11. Paid parental leave
  12. Adoption assistance
  13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  14. Financial planning and group legal
  15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - IC3

About the company

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.

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