Security-Cleared Principal Software Engineer (Gov Cloud)

Oracle; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

401(k) Savings plan with company match

Paid holidays

Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Oracle Government Defense & Intelligence seeks a Principal Application Software Engineer to design, build, and operate secure cloud application services for sovereign environments. This senior contributor leads complex design, guides engineers, and resolves production issues across distributed systems.

The role emphasizes secure development practices, architecture decisions, and collaboration with product and security teams to meet mission needs.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship with active US Government security clearance TS/SCI with Poly.
• 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.

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.

Skills

Distributed systems

Code reviews

Automation

Secure development

Mentorship

Programming languages

Database experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Master's degree in a relevant field

Doctorate in a relevant field

Tools

RESTful APIs

Microservices

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Containers

Linux

Observability

Incident response

Job description

Oracle Government Defense & Intelligence seeks a Principal Application Software Engineer to design, build, and operate secure cloud application services for sovereign environments. This senior contributor leads complex design, guides engineers, and resolves production issues across distributed systems.

The role emphasizes secure development practices, architecture decisions, and collaboration with product and security teams to meet mission needs.