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# Senior Application Software Engineer

- **Company:** Oracle
- **Location:** UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Software Applications, Microsoft Azure, Software Quality, Distributed Computing Environment, Distributed Systems, Fault Tolerance, Apache Hadoop, Python (Programming Language), Cloud Services, Service Development Studio, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Software Troubleshooting, Procedural Programming, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Software Coding, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** June 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://eeho.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/requisitions/preview/336694

## About the Role

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline required.
Experience with distributed data processing systems (e.g. Hadoop, Kafka).
Hands on experience writing code with modern procedural programming languages such as Java and Python.
Good understanding of design concepts and ability to design software components in a distributed system.
Effective communication of technical ideas verbally and in writing, including technical proposals, design specs, architecture diagrams, and presentations.
Ability to collaborate effectively with the team and other stakeholders.
+5 years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with production operations including deployment, monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting issues when they arise.
Experience with containerized service development and operations.
Production experience with Cloud service providers (e.g. OCI, AWS, Azure).

## Description

Participate and contribute to design discussions to build distributed, scalable, and fault-tolerant software systems.
Implement and build cloud services on top of the modern OCI infrastructure.
Participate in the entire software lifecycle, from design to development, to quality assurance, and to production.
Invest in the best engineering and operational practices upfront to ensure our software quality bar is high.
Optimize data processing pipelines to improve throughput and latency.
Leverage industry-leading tools at OCI to develop, build, deploy, and troubleshoot software.


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