Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer

Oracle Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle Corporation’s OCI AI team seeks an IC5 individual contributor to own complex initiatives from architecture to production operations, building scalable cloud platforms.

You will combine distributed systems expertise with hands-on software development, mentor engineers, and guide technical decisions across teams, while leveraging AI throughout the development lifecycle. This role focuses on performance, reliability, and measurable customer impact.

Responsibilities

• Own complex technical initiatives from architecture to production operations.
• Mentor engineers and guide technical decisions across teams.
• Apply AI throughout the software development lifecycle and improve platform performance and operational excellence.

Job description

Join the OCI AI team to build and operate cloud platforms and services that power AI workloads at scale. In this IC5 individual contributor role, you will own complex technical initiatives from architecture and implementation through production operations, translating ambiguous customer and business needs into secure, reliable, and efficient solutions.

You will combine deep distributed systems expertise with hands‑on software development, guide technical decisions across teams, and mentor engineers. Your work will shape shared platform capabilities, improve service performance and operational excellence, and deliver measurable customer impact.

We take an AI-forward approach to engineering. You will use AI throughout the software development lifecycle and help teams adopt effective AI-assisted workflows for design, coding, testing, review, debugging, and operations. You will pair these capabilities with rigorous validation, sound engineering judgment, and accountability for production outcomes.