Oracle

Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer

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15 days ago
Santa Clara, CA, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$97k - $306k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Drive cross-group platform initiatives involving identity, configuration, API gateway standards, interoperability, reliability, performance, and compliance.
  • Establish shared observability frameworks, SLOs, capacity models, rollout policies, compatibility strategies, and deprecation plans.
  • Design foundational software and lead architecture, code, process, testing, debugging, optimization, and maintenance initiatives.
  • Define architectural guardrails, security controls, reference implementations, API versioning and lifecycle strategies, and development standards.
  • Provide expert technical guidance, mentorship, coaching, customer issue support, and escalation leadership across teams and stakeholders.
  • Lead strategic programs, planning, metrics, continuous improvement, technology evaluation, and talent assessment activities.

Requirements

  • Deep expertise in software architecture, distributed-systems problem solving, platform engineering, reliability, performance optimization, and scalability.
  • Experience leading complex cross-group software initiatives and influencing architectural and organizational decisions.
  • Expertise in observability, monitoring, testing, secure software development, API integration, API lifecycle management, and system maintenance.
  • Ability to provide technical leadership, mentorship, customer guidance, stakeholder alignment, and thought leadership across teams.
  • Strong capability to resolve ambiguous, highly complex issues and establish standards, guardrails, and repeatable engineering practices.

Benefits

  • US base salary range of $96,800 to $306,400 per annum, with possible bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
  • Medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, commuter and parking benefits, and a 401(k) plan with company match.
  • Paid vacation, 11 paid holidays, paid sick leave, paid parental leave, adoption assistance, employee stock purchase plan, financial planning, and group legal benefits.
  • Voluntary auto, homeowner, and pet insurance benefits.

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Oracle

About Oracle

10,000+ employees

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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