Platform Architect: Scale Core Services & SDKs

Oracle; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 158,000 - 355,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Disability insurance (short & long)

Life insurance & AD&D

Supplemental life insurance

FSAs: health care & dependent care

Pre-tax commuter & parking benefits

401(k) Savings with company match

Paid time off & holidays

Sick leave policy

Paid parental leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Voluntary benefits (auto, home, pet)

Job summary

Oracle in Raleigh, North Carolina seeks a senior platform leader to define organization-wide platform strategy for core services and SDKs, govern platform standards, and influence senior leadership. The role shapes integration patterns, drives adoption of tooling, and ensures reliability and performance at scale.

The position oversees software development lifecycle, mentors teams, and drives architectural decisions, testing strategies, and API evolution while championing security and compliance

Responsibilities

• Define organization-wide platform strategy for core shared services and SDKs, shaping integration and operations patterns.
• Resolve unique, high-scale reliability and performance challenges; codify enterprise compatibility policies.
• Govern adoption of platform standards through tooling, reference stacks, and compliance mechanisms.
• Steers strategic decision-making processes to design software solutions and identify and analyze requirements.
• Writes and defines foundational code for new projects or prototypes.
• Adheres to and improves execution of all phases of the software development lifecycle; coaches and defines best practices across teams or units to drive improvements.
• Acts as a thought leader within the organization to drive the development of new software features and enhancements following design specifications, ensuring accessibility, and develops documents to clarify software design and code.
• Leads and drives improvements in process, architecture, and code reviews across products/services to drive improvements.
• Utilizes strategy and innovation to conduct debugging and troubleshooting to identify and fix highly complex and/or ambiguous software issues.
• Utilizes a proactive and visionary approach to define and influence all levels of software testing, quality assurance processes, observability, and proof of concepting and feasibility.
• Innovates methods to conduct performance profiling and optimization of product(s) and/or service(s).
• Reolves or re-architects highly complex and systematic issues requiring strategy and innovation related to API functionality and integration.
• Executes advanced solutions to implement API versioning, lifecycle, and interoperability strategies.
• Defines project or design scope; reviews, influences, and approves scope and design recommendations.
• Serves as a trusted advisor to provide technical guidance and coaching in software architecture decisions and best practices.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to align architecture with business goals and customer priorities.
• Implements modern performance optimization and scalability strategies in software design.
• Conducts regular technology research and evaluation for architectural enhancements and translates into decisions with long-term impact.

Job description

Oracle in Raleigh, North Carolina seeks a senior platform leader to define organization-wide platform strategy for core services and SDKs, govern platform standards, and influence senior leadership. The role shapes integration patterns, drives adoption of tooling, and ensures reliability and performance at scale.

The position oversees software development lifecycle, mentors teams, and drives architectural decisions, testing strategies, and API evolution while championing security and compliance