Principal Software Engineer, Platform

Ll Oefentherapie; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Ll Oefentherapie in Seattle seeks an experienced Oracle Database Engineer to lead large-scale fleets, drive performance tuning, and architect secure, scalable database solutions. You will build automation in Python or Shell, guide upgrades, and mentor a team across multiple cloud and on-premise components.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, reliability engineering, and complex problem solving in a demanding environment with strong English communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6–8 years in Oracle Database Engineering/Administration/SRE.
• Deep Oracle 19c expertise: RAC, Data Guard, RMAN, HA/DR design.
• Strong Python and/or Shell scripting for automation.
• Experience leading complex database changes and upgrades.
• Strong security, observability, capacity planning for cloud-scale ops.
• Proven technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration.
• Excellent English communication in demanding environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering and operational management for Oracle database fleets.
• Drive Oracle 19c performance analysis, tuning, diagnostics, and reliability improvements.
• Design and implement database architecture, access methods, and security standards.
• Build automation tooling with Python and Shell scripting.
• Lead upgrades, patches, and architectural changes for databases.
• Define long-range capacity and availability requirements with OCI owners.
• Lead incident response and root-cause analysis for production issues.
• Mentor engineers and establish runbooks and best practices.
• Collaborate with Compute, Storage, Networking, Governance, and OCI teams.

Skills

Oracle 19c

SRE experience

Performance tuning

Python scripting

Shell scripting

Leadership

Security & compliance

Observability

Cross-functional

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

RAC

Data Guard

RMAN

ASM

SQL optimization

Job description

Responsibilites:

• Lead engineering and operational management for highly available, large-scale Oracle database fleets.

• Drive Oracle 19c performance analysis, complex tuning, diagnostics, and reliability improvements.

• Design and implement database architecture, access methods, allocation strategies, validation controls, protection, and security standards.

• Build scalable fleet-management automation and tooling using Python and/or Shell scripting.

• Lead technical analysis for database upgrades, patches, enhancements, and architectural changes.

• Define long-range database capacity, availability, and operational requirements with OCI service owners.

• Lead incident response, root-cause analysis, and prevention initiatives for complex production issues.

• Mentor engineers, review designs and code, and establish operational best practices and runbooks.

• Collaborate with Compute, Storage, Networking, Governance, and other OCI teams to deliver resilient cloud services.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 6-8 years of Oracle Database Engineering, Administration, SRE experience.

• Deep expertise with Oracle 19c, including RAC, Data Guard, RMAN, ASM, SQL optimization, performance diagnostics, and HA/DR design.

• Strong Python and/or Shell scripting experience for automation, diagnostics, monitoring, and operational tooling.

• Demonstrated experience leading complex database changes, upgrades, and reliability initiatives.

• Strong understanding of database security, observability, capacity planning, and cloud-scale operations.

• Proven technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

• Excellent written and spoken English, critical thinking, and ability to operate effectively in a demanding environment.

• Leads platform projects crossing multiple teams, evolving runtimes or middleware patterns for interoperability and multi-tenant scale. Diagnoses and resolves complex cross-service issues; enforces versioning, compatibility, and safe rollout practices. Drives observability standards, capacity planning, and resilience patterns across several workloads. Produces migration guides and adoption playbooks that raise ecosystem consistency and developer experience.