Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer

Oracle; United States; On-site; USD 97,000 - 232,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Oracle in the United States is seeking a Lead Principal Software Developer for OCI Build, shaping architecture and long-term strategy for a critical developer infrastructure platform. You will lead distributed systems, guide senior engineers, and drive cross-group technical initiatives with a focus on scale, security, and developer productivity.

You will influence technology direction across teams, mentor engineers, and raise standards in design, testing, and observability while communicating

Qualifications

• Experience architecting and operating large-scale distributed systems or cloud infrastructure.
• Strong software engineering and system-design expertise with ownership of complex systems.
• Ability to set technical direction across multiple teams while guiding critical design decisions.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical vision, architecture, and multi-year evolution of OCI Build and its execution platform.
• Architect scalable, secure, highly available systems to support OCI's build and software delivery needs.
• Lead initiatives across build orchestration, Kubernetes and compute execution, artifact management, CI/CD, security, and software supply chain.
• Mentor senior engineers and guide component designs toward simple, durable solutions.
• Raise engineering standards across design, code quality, testing, observability, and security.
• Communicate technical strategy and risks clearly to senior leadership.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Leadership

Mentoring

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Security

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Description

As a Lead Principal Software Developer for OCI Build, you will be a senior technical leader shaping the architecture, design, and long-term evolution of a critical OCI developer infrastructure platform. You will lead complex system and component designs, guide senior engineers, drive cross-group technical initiatives, and anticipate future needs across scale, reliability, security, and developer productivity. You will also influence technical strategy across organizational boundaries and communicate key architectural decisions, risks, and investment priorities to senior and executive leadership.

Job Description

As a Lead Principal Software Developer for OCI Build, you will be a senior technical leader shaping the architecture, design, and long-term evolution of a critical OCI developer infrastructure platform. You will lead complex system and component designs, guide senior engineers, drive cross-group technical initiatives, and anticipate future needs across scale, reliability, security, and developer productivity. You will also influence technical strategy across organizational boundaries and communicate key architectural decisions, risks, and investment priorities to senior and executive leadership.

Responsibilities

OCI Build is a critical developer infrastructure platform that enables OCI engineering teams to securely and reliably turn source code into deployable artifacts at cloud scale.

As a Lead Principal Software Developer , you will be a senior technical leader for OCI Build, shaping its architecture and long-term technical strategy while solving complex problems across distributed systems, build infrastructure, reliability, security, and developer productivity.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the technical vision, architecture, and multi-year evolution of OCI Build and its execution platform.
• Architect and design scalable, secure, highly available systems that support OCI's growing build and software-delivery needs.
• Lead complex technical initiatives spanning build orchestration, Kubernetes and compute execution, artifact management, CI/CD, security, and software supply chain.
• Provide technical leadership for engineering and component designs , reviewing critical architectural decisions and guiding teams toward simple, durable solutions.
• Anticipate future scale, security, reliability, and developer-experience challenges and translate them into technical investments and platform strategy.
• Influence architecture and technical direction across teams and organizational boundaries , partnering with senior engineers and leaders throughout OCI.
• Mentor and guide senior engineers, helping them strengthen system design, technical judgment, and ownership of complex systems.
• Raise engineering standards across design, code quality, testing, observability, operational readiness, and security.
• Lead investigation of the most difficult production, scalability, and architectural problems and drive systemic solutions.
• Communicate complex technical strategy, trade-offs, risks, and investment recommendations clearly to senior and executive leadership .

What We're Looking For

• Deep experience architecting and operating large-scale distributed systems or cloud infrastructure.
• Strong software engineering and system-design expertise with demonstrated ownership of technically complex, business-critical systems.
• Ability to set technical direction across multiple teams while remaining close enough to the technology to guide critical design decisions.
• Strong judgment across scalability, reliability, security, performance, and operational excellence.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor senior engineers and elevate the technical capability of an organization.
• Proven effectiveness influencing across organizational boundaries and communicating technical strategy to senior leadership.
• Experience in CI/CD, build systems, Kubernetes, compute infrastructure, developer platforms, or software supply-chain security is valuable, but expertise in every area is not required.

Qualifications

Disclaimer:

Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $96,800 - $306,400 per year. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - IC5

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