Lead Application Software Architect & API Strategy

Oracle; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 306,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Volunteer programs

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a senior software engineering lead in the United States (CA Redwood City) to guide end-to-end application development and establish scalable architectures. The role emphasizes governance of reliability, security, and code quality across products and services, while mentoring senior engineers and coordinating cross-functional teams.

You will drive modernization efforts, API strategy, and multi-region patterns, shaping long-term roadmaps and ensuring alignment with customer use

Responsibilities

• Sets application platform strategy and north-star architectures across organizations; ensures long-term scalability and resilience.
• Governs production excellence standards globally; drives investment in reliability, security, and compliance engineering.
• Anticipates and resolves organization-spanning failure modes; establishes preventive architecture and runbooks.
• Defines organization-wide quality frameworks, tooling ecosystems, and continuous verification strategies.
• Steers architectural modernization (e.g., domain boundaries, multi-region/active-active, event-driven patterns).
• Establishes organization-wide patterns for code health, performance, and maintainability with measurable outcomes.
• Leads API/ecosystem strategy and dependency contracts across critical products and acquisitions.
• Shapes multi-quarter to multi-year roadmaps and investment priorities using comprehensive feedback telemetry.
• Builds cross-org technical communities; mentors Principals/Staff; represents engineering in senior product forums.

Job description

Oracle is seeking a senior software engineering lead in the United States (CA Redwood City) to guide end-to-end application development and establish scalable architectures. The role emphasizes governance of reliability, security, and code quality across products and services, while mentoring senior engineers and coordinating cross-functional teams.

You will drive modernization efforts, API strategy, and multi-region patterns, shaping long-term roadmaps and ensuring alignment with customer use