Senior Principal Software Developer 5

Skip to main content. sitemap Profile Sign Out View More Jobs Senior Principal Software Developer 5 Nashville, TN, United States Job Description Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is redefining how cloud services are built, validated, and released at scale. Merino is OCI’s internal CI/CD change workflow platform, orchestrating build, validation, change management, and deployment across OCI. Merino sits at the center of OCI software delivery. This role offers the opportunity to improve developer productivity, release safety, and operational confidence while helping define the future of AI-assisted software delivery. Responsibilities •    Lead the design, implementation, and operation of core Merino platform capabilities for OCI-scale CI/CD and change workflow orchestration.•    Own architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, operational readiness, and production support.•    Drive improvements to workflow reliability, deployment safety, scalability, observability, and developer experience.•    Design systems integrating build, release bundle, change management, approval, rollback, and deployment workflows.•    Break down ambiguous platform problems into durable engineering solutions.•    Set high standards for code quality, system design, operational excellence, and maintainability.•    Use production signals and customer feedback to prioritize platform improvements.•    Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and technical leadership.•    Partner across engineering and product organizations to shape the Merino roadmap.•    Champion effective use of AI-assisted and agentic coding workflows while maintaining engineering rigor.Required Qualifications•    8+ years of software engineering experience building distributed systems, developer platforms, CI/CD systems, infrastructure automation, or cloud services.•    Strong programming skills in Java, TypeScript, Python, Go, or similar languages.•    Experience operating reliable cloud services in OCI, AWS, Azure, or GCP.•    Experience with CI/CD, DevOps, release automation, IaC, containers, orchestration, or deployment pipelines.•    Ability to lead technical initiatives across ambiguity and competing priorities.•    Strong communication and stakeholder influence skills.Preferred Experience•    Hands-on use of Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or similar agentic coding tools.•    Experience using AI-generated code with strong review, testing, and architectural ownership.•    Experience using AI to explore codebases, generate tests, refactor systems, improve documentation, or accelerate migrations.•    Experience building internal engineering platforms with a strong focus on developer experience and reliability.•    Experience with release orchestration, progressive rollout, rollback validation, and large-scale production deployments.  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 onlyUS: Hiring Range in USD from: $135,200 to $306,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.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...