Platform Architect — Scale, Reliability & Strategy

Oracle; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 158,000 - 355,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle seeks a Platform Software Engineer to define organization-wide strategy for core services and SDKs, shaping integration and operations patterns at scale. You will drive reliability, interoperability, and tooling adoption while influencing senior leadership.

The role emphasizes leadership in architecture, secure software design, and collaboration across teams to improve software quality, testing, and performance, enabling observable and scalable systems.

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.
• 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 software issues.
• Defines and influences API versioning, lifecycle, and interoperability strategies.
• Serves as a trusted advisor providing technical guidance and coaching in software architecture decisions and best practices.
• Collaborates with security to establish coding standards and secure development practices.

Job description

Oracle seeks a Platform Software Engineer to define organization-wide strategy for core services and SDKs, shaping integration and operations patterns at scale. You will drive reliability, interoperability, and tooling adoption while influencing senior leadership.

The role emphasizes leadership in architecture, secure software design, and collaboration across teams to improve software quality, testing, and performance, enabling observable and scalable systems.