Principal Backend Engineer - Cloud EHR & Clinical Workflows

Oracle; United States; On-site; USD 115,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Pre-tax commuter benefits

Professional development

Job summary

Oracle Health is seeking a Principal Backend Developer to advance our Gen2 EHR platform. This full-stack role emphasizes backend engineering, distributed systems, and scalable cloud-native architecture for clinical inbox, messaging, and provider workflows used by clinicians nationwide.

You will own services end-to-end, lead design discussions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product managers to translate requirements into robust solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 7-9+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong experience developing enterprise-scale backend systems using Java, Python, or other object-oriented programming languages.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, APIs, scalability, resiliency, and performance optimization.
• Experience building and supporting cloud-native applications in modern engineering environments.
• Proven experience serving as a technical lead, leading projects and mentoring engineers.
• Experience guiding and supporting teams of approximately 5-6 engineers through technical execution and delivery.
• Strong understanding of software design principles, data structures, algorithms, and system architecture.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to clearly explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain cloud-native EHR applications supporting clinical inbox, messaging, and provider workflow experiences.
• Build highly scalable backend services and distributed systems that power critical healthcare workflows.
• Develop full-stack solutions while maintaining a primary focus on backend architecture, performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Partner with product managers, architects, and cross-functional engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Drive technical design discussions and contribute to long-term platform strategy.
• Serve as a technical leader within the team, helping guide architecture decisions and engineering best practices.
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and day-to-day technical guidance.
• Own services and applications throughout the entire development lifecycle, from requirements gathering through deployment and production support.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and drive root-cause analysis efforts.
• Improve observability, reliability, operational readiness, and system performance.
• Collaborate closely with TPMs, Product Managers, and stakeholders to ensure requirements are clearly understood and successfully delivered.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

Java

Python

Cloud-native

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Copilot

Codex

Job description

Oracle Health is seeking a Principal Backend Developer to advance our Gen2 EHR platform. This full-stack role emphasizes backend engineering, distributed systems, and scalable cloud-native architecture for clinical inbox, messaging, and provider workflows used by clinicians nationwide.

You will own services end-to-end, lead design discussions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product managers to translate requirements into robust solutions.