Senior Platform Software Engineer

Oracle; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 93,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) Savings with company match

Paid time off and vacation accrual

Life insurance and disability benefits

Job summary

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a seasoned DevOps-focused software engineer to design, build, and operate distributed cloud services at scale. You will contribute to customer-facing CI/CD capabilities and help drive secure, high-performance enterprise-grade solutions.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in large-scale cloud systems, strong programming skills across languages, and a passion for leadership and mentoring in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years building and operating large-scale cloud distributed systems.
• Proficient in Java, C, C++, C#, Go, or Python; other languages welcome.
• Strong OS fundamentals and distributed persistence knowledge.
• Security principles, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with EC2, EBS, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3 or equivalents.
• Ability to lead and mentor; strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and operate cloud-based distributed systems at scale.
• Build and maintain OCI CI/CD capabilities.
• Collaborate with teams; mentor teammates.
• Ensure security and best practices in software engineering.
• Troubleshoot performance and optimize systems.

Skills

Docker

Java

SQL

AWS services

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Trending

• Job Identification 338578
• Job Category Product and Research
• Posting Date 07/23/2026, 05:29 PM
• Job Type Regular Employee
• Does this position require a security clearance? No
• Years 3 to 5+ years
• Applicants are required to read, write, and speak the following languages English

Job Description

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is building the next generation of enterprise cloud services at global scale. The OCI DevOps team delivers customer-facing CI/CD capabilities and is focused on building secure, high-performance, enterprise-grade DevOps solutions. We're looking for engineers who are passionate about distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and solving complex technical challenges. This is an opportunity to build cloud-scale services from the ground up, work with cutting-edge technologies, and make a meaningful impact in a fast-growing organization.

Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent proven experience
• 5+ years of experience building and operating large scale, highly available, cloud based distributed systems
• Specialist skill in a modern programming language such as Java, C, C++, C#, Go, or Python, with proficiency in additional languages preferred
• Validated understanding of operating system fundamentals
• Strong understanding of data models and distributed persistence technologies
• Thorough understanding of the latest security principles, techniques, and protocols
• Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills
• Proficiency in network, distributed, asynchronous, and concurrent programming
• Knowledge of professional software engineering standard methodologies for the full software development process
• Experience building and operating scalable infrastructure software or distributed systems
• Experience using Web Services such as EC2, EBS, Lambda, Dynamo and S3 or equivalents
• Proven track record to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast-paced environment
• Passion for technical leadership and mentoring
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical skills, with excellent problem-solving abilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Agile/SCRUM enterprise-scale software development
• Experience with big data solutions
• Direct experience with fleet orchestration for both virtual and containerized workloads
• Knowledge of Machine Learning fundamentals
• Working familiarity with networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP) and standard network architectures
• Working familiarity with storage principles, protocols and practices
• Working familiarity with building secure software using modern security principles

Qualifications

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.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $92,500 to $209,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

• 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

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - IC3

Required Skills

• Docker
• Java
• SQL

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