Principal Application Software Engineer

Oracle; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Paid time off and holidays

401(k) with company match

Life insurance

Job summary

Oracle Government Defense & Intelligence seeks a Principal Application Software Engineer to design and operate secure application services for sovereign and government cloud environments.

This senior technical contributor guides engineers, improves development practices, and resolves complex production and integration issues across distributed systems.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship with active US Government security clearance, TS/SCI with Poly, at hire.
• 11 years of software development experience; or bachelor's/master's/doctorate with corresponding years.
• 6 years of programming/scripting experience.
• 4 years of database experience.
• Experience designing, building, testing, and operating distributed services.
• Mentorship and code review experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of features, services, APIs, and integrations for secure, scalable architecture.
• Develop and guide new features with specs, plans, and documentation.
• Lead code reviews and coach engineers on quality, security, and operations.
• Troubleshoot complex application, API, and production issues.
• Contribute to architecture decisions and performance optimization.
• Implement testing, observability, monitoring, and debugging practices.
• Collaborate with product, program, QA, security, and operations teams.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to hiring and standards.

Skills

Security clearance TS/SCI with Poly

Distributed systems

Mentorship

Code reviews

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field

Master's or Doctorate in a relevant technical field (optional)

Tools

RESTful APIs

CI/CD

Containers / Kubernetes

Linux

Observability / monitoring

Job description

Position Overview

Oracle Government Defense & Intelligence is seeking a Principal Application Software Engineer to design, build, and operate secure application services for sovereign and government cloud environments. This role is a senior technical contributor who leads complex design and implementation work, guides engineers, improves application development practices, and resolves complex production and integration issues across distributed systems.

Minimum Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship with active US Government security clearance, TS/SCI with Poly, at hire.
• 11 years of software development experience; or bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field and 7 years of software development experience; or master's degree in a relevant technical field and 5 years of software development experience; or doctorate in a relevant technical field and 3 years of software development experience.
• 6 years of experience with programming and/or scripting languages.
• 4 years of experience with databases.
• Experience designing, building, testing, and operating distributed application services.
• Demonstrated experience with code review, automation, quality assurance, secure development practices, and technical mentorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• 11 years of software development experience or equivalent advanced degree plus experience.
• 3 years of experience with cloud platforms such as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• 1 year of experience working with operating budgets and/or project financials.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, microservices, service-oriented architecture, CI/CD, containers, Kubernetes, Linux, observability, and incident response.
• Experience delivering software in regulated, classified, sovereign, or air-gapped environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of application features, services, APIs, and integrations aligned to secure, scalable architecture.
• Develop and guide new application features and enhancements, including design specifications, implementation plans, and technical documentation.
• Lead code reviews across multiple application areas and coach engineers on quality, maintainability, security, and operational readiness.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex application, API, service-to-service, integration, and production issues.
• Contribute to architecture decisions, scalability strategies, performance optimization, and periodic technical reviews.
• Implement comprehensive testing, observability, monitoring, error logging, and debugging practices.
• Collaborate with product, program, QA, operations, security, and customer-facing teams to align technical delivery with mission and business needs.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to hiring, technical standards, and continuous improvement across the team.

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.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion.
• Short term disability and long term disability.
• Life insurance and AD&D.
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child).
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits.
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match.
• 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.
• 11 paid holidays.
• 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.
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption assistance.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Financial planning and group legal.
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance.

Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.