Principal Application Engineer

Ll Oefentherapie; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle Health is transforming healthcare by building secure, scalable, AI-enabled platforms that improve patient outcomes and reduce administrative burden. We seek a versatile Software Engineer to contribute across platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and healthcare workflow solutions.

US Citizenship on US soil is required, with eligibility for a federal security clearance. The role spans the software development lifecycle and involves collaboration with

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering or related roles
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Experience with enterprise software or cloud platforms
• Strong programming and software design skills
• Experience with distributed systems, APIs, and cloud technologies
• Knowledge of SDLC and engineering best practices; US Citizenship and security clearance eligibility

Skills

Programming skills

Distributed systems

APIs

Cloud technologies

Software design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD

DevOps tooling

OCI/AWS/Azure/GCP

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

The long-term vision is to create an intelligent healthcare platform where clinical, operational, financial, and patient data work together seamlessly to improve healthcare delivery, reduce complexity, and accelerate innovation.