Principal Platform Software Engineer

Oracle·Oracle Recruiting

United StatesPosted Jun 30, 2026

At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we build the future of the cloud for Enterprises as a complementary team of fellow creators and inventors. We act with the speed and demeanor of a start-up, with the scale and customer-focus of the leading enterprise software company in the world.

Oracle Generative AI Code Assist Service is an exciting team in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. We are delivering innovative services at the intersection of artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure.

Oracle Agent Platform is a managed platform for building, deploying, governing, and operating AI agents at enterprise scale across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). In the Generative AI Oracle Agent Platform team, you will build and operate cloud services maximizing state-of-the-art generative AI technologies. We are committed to providing the best in cloud products to meet the needs of our customers who are tackling some of the world's most challenging problems.

You will be part of a team of experienced, hands-on engineers with the expertise and passion to solve difficult problems in distributed highly available services and virtualized infrastructure. At every level, our engineers have a significant technical and business impact by designing and building innovative new systems to power our customers' business-critical applications.

As a Principal Platform Software Engineer, you will own software architecture and development of Oracle Generative AI Agent Platform Service. You should be both a rock-solid coder and a distributed systems generalist, be hands-on and able to dive deep into any part of the stack, as well as design broad distributed system interactions. You should value simplicity and scale, work comfortably in a collaborative, agile environment, and be excited to learn.

Our Principal Platform Software Engineers are also the people who can work independently and provide technical leadership to the organization. You should have experience developing and operating high-scale services, and an understanding of how to make these cloud-scale services resilient. The ideal candidate will be technically strong and productive; someone who knows how to balance speed and quality with iterative and incremental improvements. You understand operational excellence and know how to infuse a culture of being proactive within your team. You recommend and justify major changes to new and existing products and establish consensus with data-driven approaches.

Basic Qualifications

4+ years of experience with application development
Proficient at programming in Java, and one other major programming/scripting language like Python or Go. Terraform knowledge is a bonus.
Strong background in AI/ML, with a focus on generative AI and AI-driven code generation.
Strong distributed systems fundamentals
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related engineering field
Strong troubleshooting skills and demonstrated ability to deliver quality code
Experience with container orchestration technologies like Kubernetes

Preferred Qualifications

Strong distributed systems fundamentals
7+ years of experience, with some of that being as a technical lead
Prior production experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and their tools or services
Master's degree in Computer Science
Experience with Generative AI technologies

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Minimum Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
11 years of experience in software development

Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 7 years of experience in software development

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 7 years of experience in software development

Master's of Technology (M.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development

Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development

Job Skills:
Same skills as prior level plus;
-Data Analysis: Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret data to produce actionable business insights.
-Agile Methodologies: Demonstrated ability to use agile methodologies to drive continuous improvement and product delivery.
-Automation: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of automation, including designing, implementing, and managing automated tools, processes, or systems to streamline operations.
-Compliance: Demonstrated knowledge of and adherence to regulatory, legal, and organizational compliance requirements.
-Quality Assurance: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of quality assurance, including ensuring adherence to standards and implementing quality control measures.
-Scripting Languages: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of scripting languages, including writing and maintaining scripts to improve system efficiency.
-Software Test Plans: Demonstrated ability to develop and execute effective software test plans to validate product quality.
-User Experience Development: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of user experience development, including designing intuitive and effective user interfaces and content.
-Code Review: Demonstrated ability to conduct in-depth code reviews for software quality assurance.
-Embedded Systems: Demonstrated ability to develop embedded systems, balancing hardware and software for optimal performance.
-Software Estimation: Demonstrated ability to provide accurate software effort and complexity estimates for project planning and scheduling.
Coding Experience:
6 years of experience with programming and/or scripting languages (e.g., SQL, C/C++, JavaScript).
Database Experience:
4 years of experience with databases.

Preferred Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
11 years of experience in software development

Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 3 years of experience in software development.
Budget Experience:
1 year of experience working with operating budgets and/or project financials.
Cloud Platforms Experience:
3 years of experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle Cloud).