Principal Platform Software Engineer

** Job Description*
* Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is building the next generation of enterprise cloud services at global scale. The OCI Dev Ops team delivers customer-facing CI/CD capabilities and is focused on building secure, high-performance, enterprise-grade Dev Ops 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*
* ** Key Responsibilities*
* ** Platform Software Development:*
* + Lead cross-team evolution of middleware patterns or runtimes to standardize interoperability at scale.

+ Define and enforce versioning, deprecation, and rollout strategies that minimize downstream breaks.

+ Drive shared observability baselines (SLOs, error budgets) and resilience patterns across several services.

** Software Development and Coding - Design, Testing, and Optimization:*
* + Designs software solutions and analyzes and identifies requirements to achieve business and operational goals, sharing results with manager upon completion.

+ Adheres to and improves execution of all phases of the software development lifecycle; provides guidance and coaching to engineers to drive improvements.

+ Utilizes advanced knowledge to develop and guide new software features and enhancements leading design specifications, ensuring accessibility, and develops documents to clarify software design and code.

+ Leads code reviews in multiple areas to help drive improvements.

+ Conducts debugging and troubleshooting to identify and fix complex software issues.

+ Develops fixes for identified issues.

+ Implements comprehensive software testing (e.g., functional and non-functional testing), quality assurance processes, software error logging, monitoring, and observability for effective debugging, sharing work with manager and/or lead upon completion.

+ 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.

** Software Architecture - Software System Structural Design:*
* + 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.

** Issue/Defect Collaboration - Software Products Support:*
* + Collaborates with stakeholders to understand customer issues and align solutions.

+ May provide advanced technical guidance and support to customers regarding customer-reported issues.

+ Advocates for customers' interests and suggests product enhancements based on feedback.

+ Provides input to ensure customer satisfaction through timely resolution of issues and effective communication.

+ Identifies and implements customer issue and/or defect handling and training processes.

+ Investigates and troubleshoots complex and broad-reaching/scoped maintenance issues to ensure customer agreement on short- and long-term solutions (e.g., future enhancements).

** Practices and Standards Compliance - Security and Compliance:*
* + 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.

** Core Responsibilities*
* ** Planning & Execution:*
* + Manages and coordinates moderately complex tasks, monitoring timelines and deliverables to…