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# Principal Software Developer

- **Company:** Oracle
- **Location:** Nashville, TN, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $99,600.0 - $223,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Microsoft Azure, Cloud Engineering, Data Architecture, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Structures, Database Design, Software Design Patterns, Distributed Systems, Industry Standard Architecture, Python (Programming Language), Meta-Data Management, Object-Oriented Software Development, Oracle Databases, RabbitMQ, Cloud Services, Search Technologies, Software Engineering, Google Cloud, Backend, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Flink, Data Analytics, Integration Frameworks, Apache Kafka, Oracle Golden Gate, Restful APIs, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Data Pipelines, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** June 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/A8170085E1224964B61A54FAF6F96FB3/job/

## About the Role

BS or MS degree in computer science, or equivalent

6+ years of relevant software development experience

Demonstrated proficiency in Java, Python or similar object-oriented languages for backend development

Strong Software Engineering fundamentals, proficiency in data structures & algorithms, Restful services & Microservice architecture

Hands on experience building cloud native services on cloud platforms like OCI, Azure, GCP.

Data architecture and design patterns including experience with database design, data modeling, data analytics, metadata management and data-access controls

Experience with Oracle Database, Search technologies like Opensearch, Pinecone and Oracle Golden Gate Replication

Data pipeline and Orchestration, including experience with ETL/ELT tools, data processing frameworks like Kafka, Flink, RabbitMQ

Strong grasp of system design fundamentals and distributed systems architectural best practices

Experience with Cloud Engineering Infrastructure Development

Experience with containers and container orchestration technologies (Kubernetes, Docker)

Able to effectively communicate technical ideas verbally and in writing (technical proposals, design specs, architecture diagrams and presentations)

Technical leadership and mentoring junior engineers



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