Senior Oracle APEX developer

Authority Partners; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Authority Partners in Houston seeks a Senior Oracle APEX Developer who can own applications end-to-end, from gathering requirements to delivering production solutions for clients. You will design data models, optimize SQL/PLSQL, build RESTful services with ORDS, and work with stakeholders in an Agile environment to ensure quality and on-time delivery.

Hands-on leadership and communication with clients are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in Oracle development with 4+ years in APEX
• Strong SQL/PLSQL skills and data modeling
• Experience gathering requirements with business users and acting as product owner
• Familiarity with Agile ceremonies and deployment pipelines

Responsibilities

• Own APEX applications end-to-end from discovery to delivery
• Translate business needs into requirements, stories, and acceptance criteria
• Define scope, backlog priorities, and align stakeholders on roadmap
• Design robust data models and secure database objects
• Develop data migration and integration scripts
• Optimize queries using execution plans and indexing
• Build RESTful services using ORDS and integrate with external APIs
• Plan and execute unit/integration/UAT testing

Skills

Oracle APEX

SQL

PL/SQL

Data Modeling

Performance Tuning

RESTful Services

Agile / Scrum

Stakeholder Communication

Product Owner Experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Systems or related field

Tools

SQL Developer

TOAD

SQLcl

ORDS

Job description

Authority Partners is seeking a Senior Oracle APEX Developer who can own applications end-to-end, from gathering requirements and shaping the product to building, testing, and delivering it. In this role, you will work directly with clients and stakeholders to turn business needs into well-designed, high-quality APEX solutions, acting as both the product owner and the lead developer for your applications.

What you will do:

• Own Oracle APEX applications across the full lifecycle, from discovery and requirements gathering through design, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing support.
• Work directly with clients and business stakeholders to understand their processes, identify pain points, and translate needs into clear requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Act as the product owner for your applications: define scope, prioritize the backlog, manage trade-offs, and keep stakeholders aligned on roadmap and delivery.
• Design data models and build robust, secure, and performant applications using Oracle APEX, SQL, and PL/SQL.
• Write efficient, well-structured SQL and PL/SQL code, including stored procedures, functions, packages, and triggers, to implement business logic at the database level.
• Design and maintain database objects such as tables, views, sequences, indexes, and constraints that support application requirements.
• Develop data migration, transformation, and validation scripts, and support data loads between systems.
• Analyze and tune SQL queries and PL/SQL code using execution plans, indexing strategies, and bulk processing techniques.
• Implement robust error handling, logging, and transaction management in database code.
• Build and consume RESTful services using ORDS and integrate APEX applications with external systems and APIs.
• Plan and execute testing, including unit, integration, and user acceptance testing, and support stakeholders through UAT and go-live.
• Manage application security, including authentication schemes, authorization, and session state protection.
• Maintain clear documentation of requirements, design decisions, and application functionality.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to estimation, planning, and continuous improvement.

What you have:

• 6+ years of professional experience in Oracle development, with at least 4 years building production applications in Oracle APEX (recent versions, ideally 23.x to 26.x).
• Strong hands-on proficiency in SQL, including complex joins, subqueries, analytic functions, and aggregations.
• Solid PL/SQL programming experience: packages, procedures, functions, triggers, cursors, collections, exception handling, and bulk operations.
• Good understanding of database fundamentals: relational design, normalization, constraints, indexing, and transaction control.
• Experience with query performance tuning using execution plans, statistics, and indexing strategies.
• Experience with Oracle Database (19c or later) and tools such as SQL Developer, SQLcl, or TOAD.
• Proven experience gathering and documenting requirements directly with business users.
• Experience acting in a product owner or business analyst capacity: defining scope, prioritizing features, and managing stakeholder expectations.
• Experience planning and executing testing activities and supporting UAT.Familiarity with version control (Git) and deployment practices for APEX applications.
• Strong communication skills and the confidence to lead conversations with clients independently.
• A track record of owning applications end-to-end and delivering business outcomes, not just code.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced environments, managing multiple stakeholders and shifting priorities.
• Experience using AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot) to accelerate development is a plus.

Education:

A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field would be of great value, but if you're passionate and your experience backs up your abilities, talent outweighs degree every time.

About Authority Partners

Authority Partners is a leading and global IT services company with over 28 years of experience, serving clients within the financial, healthcare, insurance, mortgage, and technology sectors among many others. We are committed to building relationships with IT professionals who possess integrity, dedication, teamwork, and the desire to learn and grow with us. We specialize in placement for long-term contracts and permanent opportunities and helping our consultants achieve their career success.

Authority Partners is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace that is free from all types of discrimination, as well as from abusive or offensive behavior and harassment.