Oracle

Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer

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7 days ago
India (city not specified)Staff+

Responsibilities

  • Drive cross-group platform initiatives covering identity, configuration, API gateway standards, interoperability, security controls, and client library governance.
  • Establish shared observability frameworks, service-level objectives, capacity models, rollout policies, and deprecation strategies used by multiple teams.
  • Design and write foundational software; lead architecture, code, process, testing, quality assurance, debugging, optimization, and software lifecycle improvements.
  • Define and approve architectural scope, guardrails, reference implementations, API versioning, lifecycle, scalability, and performance strategies.
  • Provide expert technical guidance on complex customer issues, defects, root causes, mitigations, product enhancements, and maintenance solutions.
  • Improve secure software development practices, vulnerability prevention, system patching, automation, service availability, health, and reliability.
  • Lead high-impact project planning, stakeholder alignment, advanced problem solving, continuous improvement, mentoring, and talent assessment.

Requirements

  • Principal-level technical leadership and expertise in platform software, distributed systems, software architecture, reliability, performance, security, compliance, and API integration are required by the scope of the role.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-group initiatives, define architectural standards, resolve highly complex and ambiguous problems, and influence technical and organizational decisions.
  • Experience designing and coding software, establishing observability and scalability strategies, improving testing and maintenance operations, and managing deprecation and compatibility risk is expected.
  • Ability to coach engineers, mentor teams, collaborate with customers and external stakeholders, and serve as a subject matter expert is required.
  • Ability to contribute to thought leadership, technology research, industry practices, talent assessment, and organizational continuous improvement is preferred or expected.

Benefits

  • Flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options are offered.
  • Employees are encouraged to participate in community volunteer programs.
  • Accessibility assistance and accommodation are available throughout the employment process.
  • Oracle is an equal employment opportunity employer.

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Oracle builds database technology, enterprise applications, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for companies and governments. Its business spans cloud subscriptions, software licenses, and support services across ERP, HCM, CX, and industry suites, plus NetSuite. Founded in 1977 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Oracle is a public company traded on the NYSE and serves global customers migrating and running critical workloads in its cloud.

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