Principal Application Engineer

Oracle; Frankfort (KY); On-site; USD 115,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Job summary

Oracle Health is seeking a versatile Software Engineer to contribute across platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, application development, integration services, and healthcare workflow solutions. This role bridges the gap between foundational cloud platforms and customer-facing healthcare applications, providing opportunities to work throughout the software development lifecycle.

US Citizenship on US soil is required and eligibility for a federal security clearance is

Qualifications

• 7 years of software engineering or related experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience developing enterprise software or cloud platforms.
• Strong programming and design skills.
• Experience with distributed systems, APIs, and cloud technologies.
• Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable software solutions.
• Build and support healthcare applications, APIs, integrations, and platform capabilities.
• Develop reliable, secure, and highly available systems on OCI.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and engineers.
• Participate in code reviews, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
• Contribute to automation, observability, and CI/CD practices.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

REST APIs

Cloud technologies

Kubernetes

Distributed systems

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

OCI

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Description

Oracle Health is transforming the future of healthcare by building secure, scalable, AI-enabled healthcare platforms that improve patient outcomes, reduce administrative burden, and enable healthcare organizations to operate more efficiently. As part of Oracle’s broader cloud and AI strategy, Oracle Health combines industry-leading healthcare applications, electronic health records (EHR), healthcare data platforms, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to create the next generation of connected healthcare solutions.

We’re seeking a versatile Software Engineer to contribute across platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, application development, integration services, and healthcare workflow solutions. This role bridges the gap between foundational cloud platforms and customer-facing healthcare applications, providing opportunities to work throughout the software development lifecycle.

US Citizenship on US soil is required. This position requires you to be eligible to receive a federal security clearance which requires you to be a US Citizen.

Minimum Qualifications

• 7 years of experience in software engineering, application development, platform engineering, or related technical roles within a fast-paced technology environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience developing enterprise software applications or cloud platforms.
• Strong programming and software design skills.
• Experience with distributed systems, APIs, and cloud technologies.
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle and engineering best practices. US Citizenship on US soil is required. This position requires you to be eligible to receive a federal security clearance which requires you to be a US Citizen.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with healthcare technology or regulated industries.
• Experience with OCI, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards.
• Experience building large-scale SaaS platforms.
• Knowledge of AI, machine learning, or data engineering solutions.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Technologies and Areas of Focus

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
• Cloud-native architectures
• Distributed systems and microservices
• Kubernetes and container technologies
• Java, Python, Go, JavaScript, or related languages
• REST APIs and event-driven systems
• CI/CD and DevOps tooling
• Infrastructure automation
• Observability and monitoring platforms
• Healthcare interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7, SMART on FHIR)
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning platforms
• Large-scale healthcare data management

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner with engineering, product, security, operations, and customer teams.
• Drive engineering excellence through best practices, mentoring, and technical leadership.
• Participate in roadmap planning and technology modernization efforts.
• Contribute to innovation initiatives focused on AI, cloud, healthcare interoperability, and next-generation healthcare experiences.

Current and Future Initiatives

• Next-generation cloud-native EHR platforms
• AI-first healthcare experiences embedded directly into clinical workflows
• Intelligent automation for clinicians and healthcare staff
• Advanced interoperability and healthcare data exchange
• Unified healthcare data platforms
• Conversational and agentic AI capabilities
• Healthcare-specific cloud services built on OCI
• Large-scale modernization of healthcare systems across providers, payers, and government organizations
• Expansion of secure, scalable healthcare infrastructure supporting global healthcare ecosystems

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable software solutions and cloud-native services.
• Build and support healthcare applications, APIs, integrations, and platform capabilities.
• Develop reliable, secure, and highly available systems running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, engineers, and operational teams to deliver customer-focused solutions.
• Participate in system design, code reviews, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Contribute to automation, observability, security, and continuous delivery practices.
• Support modernization efforts leveraging cloud technologies, healthcare interoperability standards, and AI-driven capabilities.

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: $114,600 to $234,600 per annum. 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:

1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. 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.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. 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.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. 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 – IC4

About Us

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