Principal Platform Software Engineer

Design, develop, troubleshoot and debug software programs for databases, applications, tools, networks etc.

As a member of the software engineering division, you will take an active role in the definition and evolution of standard practices and procedures. You will be responsible for defining and developing software for tasks associated with the developing, designing and debugging of software applications or operating systems.

Work is non-routine and very complex, involving the application of advanced technical/business skills in area of specialization. Leading contributor individually and as a team member, providing direction and mentoring to others. BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area.

Overview of Product – Oracle Analytics

Be part of an energetic and challenging team building an enterprise Analytic platform that will allow users to quickly gain insights on their most valuable asset; data.  

Oracle Analytics is an industry-leading product that empowers entire organizations with a full range of business analytics tools, enterprise ready reporting and engaging, and easy-to-use self-service data visualizations.  Our customers are business users that demand a software product that allows easy, fast navigation through the full spectrum of data scale from simple spreadsheets to analyzing enormous volumes of information in enterprise class data warehouses.

Oracle Analytics is a comprehensive solution to meet the breadth of all analytics needs. Get the right data, to the right people, at the right time with analytics for everyone in your organization. With built-in security and governance, you can easily share insights and collaborate with your colleagues. By leveraging the cloud, you can scale up or down to suit your needs. The Oracle Analytics Cloud offering is a leading cloud service at Oracle built on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.  It runs with a Generation 2 offering and provides consistent high performance and unmatched governance and security controls.

Self-service analytics drive business agility with faster time to insights. You no longer need help from IT to access, prepare, analyze, and collaborate on all your data. Easily create data visualizations with automated chart recommendations and optimize insights by collaborating with colleagues on analyses.

Augmented analytics with embedded machine learning throughout the platform drive smarter and better insights. Always on—and always working in the background, machine learning is continuously learning from the data it takes in, making it smarter and more accurate as time goes by. Uncover deeper patterns and predict trends for impactful, unbiased recommendations.

On the team we develop, deploy, and support the Oracle Analytics platform helping our customers succeed in their journey to drive business value.  You will be working with experts in their field, exploring the latest technologies, you will be challenged while creating features that will be delivered to our customers, asked to be creative, and hopefully have some fun along the way.  Members of our team are tasked to take on challenges along all aspect of our product.

https://www.oracle.com/solutions/business-analytics

 Specific Responsibilities and Desired Qualifications

As a member of the development team, you will design, code, debug, and deliver innovative analytic features that involve C++/JAVA/JavaScript/HTML/CSS/SCSS technologies. You will work closely with your peer developers located across the world, including Mexico, India, and the USA.  Key responsibilities include:

Software Development and Coding - Design, Testing, and Optimization:

• Design, develop, test and deliver new features on a world-class analytics platform suitable for deployment to both the Oracle Cloud and on-premise environments
• Lead the creation of formal design specifications and coding of complex systems
• Leads code reviews in multiple areas to help drive improvements.
• Work closely with the Product Management on product requirements and functionality
• Build software applications following established coding standards
• Conducts debugging and troubleshooting to identify and fix complex software issues.
• Communicate continually with the project teams, explain progress on the development effort
• Contribute to continuous improvement by suggesting improvements to user interface, software architecture or recommending new technologies
• Ensure quality of work through development standards and QA procedures
• Conducts performance profiling and optimization of coding, building scalable solutions, and anticipating and resolving potential outcomes.
• Troubleshoots and resolves complex issues related to application programming interface (API) functionality and integration.
• Implements complex API versioning, lifecycle, and interoperability strategies.
• Implements and contributes to developing software, systems, and services, ensuring review by manager and/or senior technical leaders upon completion. Recommends project or design scope.
• Provides technical guidance and coaching to less experienced developers in existing software architecture.
• Contributes to periodic reviews and ensures adherence to architectural standards.
• Collaborates with stakeholders and networks externally to ensure work aligns with software architecture.
• Implements complex performance optimization and scalability strategies in software design.
• Occasionally conducts technology research and evaluation for potential architectural changes that may have an impact on results for the team.
• Collaborates with the team and externally to follow development practices and coding standards, providing coaching to less experienced team members.
• Participates in peer review processes, provides technical leadership, and ensures code quality and adherence to broad acceptance criteria during development, independently.
• Demonstrates and shares advanced knowledge of industry best practices and applies them to software development processes.
• Implements complex secure coding practices to prevent security vulnerabilities.
• Development Operations - System Maintenance:
• Performs periodic maintenance and testing operations for systems that require upgrading or patching (e.g., for critical vulnerabilities), sharing results with manager upon completion.
• Drives improvements, ensures automation, testing, and debugging of systems to ensure service/product availability, health, support, and reliability.
• Develops fixes for identified issues.

Software Architecture - Software System Structural Design:

Practices and Standards Compliance - Security and Compliance:

Key Qualifications:

• BS/MS in Computer Science or related major
• Exceptional analytic and problem-solving skills
• Solid skills utilizing C++ and Java
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming and MVVM principles
• Experienced in utilizing frontend technologies such as JavaScript, HTML, CSS,  jQuery
• Skilled in debugging and resolving client-side functionality and performance issues 
• Experienced in distributed and scalable server-side software development
• Knowledge in developing, implementing, and optimizing software algorithms
• Solid knowledge of data structures and operating systems
• Hands-on experience using source control tools such as GIT
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills
• Self-motivated and passionate in developing high quality software
• Strong Team Player

Other Qualifications:

• Experience in building highly interactive applications using client technologies
• Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud infrastructure tooling
• Familiarity with Cloud services such as OCI, AWS or Azure 

Career Level - IC4