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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Platform Software Engineer - **Company:** Oracle - **Location:** Santa Fe, NM, United States - **Salary:** $104,500.0 - $234,600.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Information Engineering, Data Migration, Relational Databases, Design of User Interfaces, Monitoring of Systems, HP Systems Insight Manager, Log Analysis, Data Streaming, System Software, Management of Software Versions, Data Ingestion, Backend, Kubernetes, Low Latency, Apache Flink, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Dynatrace, Serverless Computing, Microservices - **Published:** August 14, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/CF528B6B737340068DB202710C9AFA56/job/ ## About the Role * Strong Java software-engineering experience, especially building distributed microservices. * Hands-on experience developing Apache Flink applications and streaming data pipelines. * Strong knowledge of OCI services, particularly OCI Streaming and Kubernetes/OKE. * Experience with relational databases, data modeling, schema evolution, and data or infrastructure migrations. * Familiarity with OCI Log Analytics or comparable log analytics and observability platforms. * Familiarity with OpenTelemetry and modern monitoring technologies, including distributed tracing, metrics, logs, instrumentation, and observability data models. * Experience designing and operating high-throughput systems, ideally involving telemetry, event streams, or millions of events per minute. * Ability to work effectively across backend systems, data engineering, infrastructure, agents, UI development, and customer-facing technical problem solving. ## Description You will develop and maintain Java microservices and Apache Flink applications that ingest, process, store, query, and present high-volume observability data. The APM platform operates at substantial scale, processing millions of spans per minute while maintaining low latency, reliability, data quality, and cost efficiency., * Develop and maintain core APM repositories, shared platform capabilities, APIs, and operational tooling. * Build scalable query-engine capabilities for traces, spans, metrics, logs, and service topology data. * Design and operate Flink-based streaming ingestion pipelines that validate, enrich, transform, aggregate, and route telemetry. * Lead and support the transition from relational database storage to OCI Log Analytics, including data migration, infrastructure migration, schema evolution, compatibility, and operational continuity. * Define and manage telemetry schemas, versioning, data contracts, migrations, and data-quality controls. * Build and maintain application monitoring agents and instrumentation with low runtime overhead and reliable configuration. * Develop APM UI experiences for exploring telemetry, diagnosing incidents, configuring monitoring and alerts, and visualizing traces, dependencies, and performance trends. * Deploy and operate cloud-native services using OCI components, including OCI Streaming and Kubernetes/OKE. * Partner directly with customers to understand analysis requirements, troubleshoot product and query issues, and optimize queries for successful, performant use of the APM product. * Improve reliability, scalability, observability, security, and cost efficiency across the platform. ## Related Videos - [The internal developer platform and golden paths: Scaffolding for cloud-native development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1039-the-internal-developer-platform-and-golden-paths-scaffolding-for-cloud-native-development) - [Understanding Kubernetes in a visual way](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100085-understanding-kubernetes-in-a-visual-way) - [The Power of Purpose: Unlocking Potential and Innovation](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1110-the-power-of-purpose-unlocking-potential-and-innovation) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Platform Engineering vs. DevOps Why not both?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/885-platform-engineering-vs-devops-why-not-both) - [Instant KAI Sandboxes with vCluster: Multi-Tenant, Multi-Scheduler GPU Sharing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100333-instant-kai-sandboxes-with-vcluster-multi-tenant-multi-scheduler-gpu-sharing) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [The Best X (Twitter) Accounts for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/294-the-best-x-twitter-accounts-for-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Why Upskilling And Reskilling is Important For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/428-why-upskilling-and-reskilling-is-important-for-developers)