Senior Software Engineer, OCI

ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking experienced developers for a new Service Platform team to work on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). You will collaborate on building efficient, scalable software solutions. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in software development with strong skills in Java and GoLang. This role offers opportunities for professional growth in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Competitive benefits

Flexible medical options

Support for community volunteering

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-time professional experience in software development.
• Demonstrated ability to write great code using Java, GoLang, or similar languages.
• Proven ability to deliver products and experience with the full software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with multiple teams to build the next generation OCI Service Platform.
• Define and improve standard practices and procedures for software development.
• Design, specify, and develop software for new projects.

Skills

Java

GoLang

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Technical leadership

Education

BS or MS degree in Computer Science or relevant technical field

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

SQL databases

NoSQL databases

Linux

Job description

United Kingdom
LONDON, United Kingdom
BRISTOL, United Kingdom

• Job Identification 301929
• Job Category Product Development
• Posting Date 07/30/2025, 04:39 PM
• Job Type Regular Employee
• Does this position require a security clearance? No
• Years 3 to 5+ years
• Applicants Less than 10 applicants
• Applicants are required to read, write, and speak the following languages English

Job Description

We are looking for seasoned and talented developers to join a new Service Platform team within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). This team is building a new platform name Kilt for powering OCI services that encompasses low-level execution runtime, application management and high-level workflows for change management. Our mission is to help OCI developers concentrate on building their services while we ensure they run efficiently at cloud scale. We need you to challenge existing engineering assumptions and boundaries, bring your expertise in highly performant, reliable software engineering and help us bring OCI to the next level.

These are exciting times, and our team is still new and growing. This is your opportunity to build ambitious new initiatives with broad impact. We’re looking for engineers who are self-motivated, passionate about solving complex software challenges, and able to dive deep into systems to understand and improve them. You should value simplicity and scale, work comfortably in a collaborative, agile environment, and be excited to learn.

Responsibilities

With your superb technical, research and analytical capabilities and demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively to delight our customers, you will collaborate with multiple teams to build the next generation OCI Service Platform.

As a software engineer, you’ll play a key role in defining and improving standard practices and procedures. You’ll design, specify, and develop software for new projects, as well as perform tasks related to the design, development, and debugging of software applications or operating systems.

Basic Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or relevant technical field involving coding or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of full-time professional experience in software development
• Demonstrated ability to write great code using Java, GoLang, or similar languages
• Proven ability to deliver products and experience with the full software development lifecycle
• Experience working on large-scale, highly distributed services infrastructure
• Experience working in an operational environment with mission-critical tier-one livesite servicing
• Systematic problem-solving approach, strong communication skills, a sense of ownership, and drive
• Experience designing architectures that demonstrate deep technical depth in one area, or span many products, to enable high availability, scalability, market-leading features and flexibility to meet future business demands

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as technical lead on a large scale cloud service
• Hands-on experience developing and maintaining services on a public cloud platform (e.g., AWS, Azure, Oracle)
• Experience working on Kubernetes
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IAC) languages, preferably Terraform
• Strong knowledge of databases (SQL and NoSQL)
• Strongknowledge of Computer Networking (OSI layers, HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, DHCP, Routers, Gateways, Subnets, etc.)
• Knowledge of Linux internals, Linux/Unix troubleshooting skills
• Familiarity with host virtualization technologies (KVM, Containers, Docker, etc.)
• Able to effectively communicate technical ideas verbally and in writing (technical proposals, design specs, architecture diagrams and presentations)
• Experience with hiring, mentorship and raising the talent bar across the organization

Qualifications

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