Platform Software Engineer

Are you passionate about building large-scale software products and cloud platforms? Oracle is responsible for developing and evolving the world’s leading Java technologies, and our customers run their businesses on the OCI cloud platform. Our mission is to deliver best-in-class compute, storage, networking, database, security, and a growing set of foundational cloud services.

We are looking for a Software Developer who is excited by complex technical challenges and has a strong interest in building world-class cloud software. At Oracle, you will have the opportunity to design and build innovative systems from the ground up while working in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.

As a member of the Java Platform Development group, you will contribute to the design, development, troubleshooting, and debugging of software systems across the stack. You should be comfortable working deeply across system layers, value simplicity and scalability, and be eager to learn and contribute in a team-oriented Agile environment.

• Design, develop, troubleshoot, and debug software for databases, applications, tools, networks, and related systems
• Contribute to the development and evolution of large-scale cloud and Java platform services
• Work with geographically distributed teams to deliver high-quality outcomes
• Help define and improve engineering practices, standards, and procedures
• Deliver complex projects on time with a strong focus on quality and reliability
• Provide technical direction and mentoring to team members where appropriate

• 5+ years of experience delivering and operating large-scale, highly available distributed cloud systems
• Strong experience in end-to-end cloud service design, implementation, and deployment
• Expert knowledge of Java, with experience building large-scale products or projects
• Strong understanding of concurrency
• Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems
• Working knowledge of networking protocols such as TCP/IP and HTTP, and standard network architectures
• Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills
• Familiarity with AI tools and experience developing agentic frameworks

• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, fast-moving engineering environment
• Strong problem-solving mindset and attention to detail
• Interest in building reliable, scalable, and maintainable systems
• Experience mentoring or guiding other engineers

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Key Responsibilities

Platform Software Development:

• Deliver minor enhancements to shared services, integration adapters, or SDK surfaces within defined guardrails
• Apply compatibility/versioning rules during fixes and minor rollouts to protect downstream teams
• Propose small observability/resilience improvements based on API/SDK usage signals for a subsystem

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

• Contributes to designing software solutions and analyzes requirements to achieve business and operational goals, with limited guidance
• Adheres to all phases of the software development lifecycle
• Applies working knowledge to develop and review code for new software features and enhancements following design specifications and develops documents to clarify software design and code
• Conducts debugging and troubleshooting to identify and fix simple and moderately complex software issues
• Develops fixes for identified issues
• Implements software testing (e.g., functional testing), quality assurance processes, software error logging, monitoring, and observability for effective debugging, following established frameworks
• Supports the implementation of standard and non-standard performance profiling and optimization of coding
• Troubleshoots and resolves standard and non-standard issues related to application programming interface (API) functionality and integration
• Implements standard and non-standard API versioning, lifecycle, and interoperability strategies

Issue/Defect Collaboration - Software Products Support:

• Collaborates with own team and begins to network outside of team to understand customer issues and align solutions
• May provide technical guidance and support to customers regarding customer-reported issues, with limited supervision
• Assists peers to advocate for customers' interests and suggests product enhancements based on feedback
• Influences efforts to ensure customer satisfaction through timely resolution of issues and effective communication
• Utilizes working knowledge to implement customer issue and/or defect handling and training processes, with some guidance
• Collaborates with experienced colleagues to investigate and troubleshoot product maintenance issues to ensure customer agreement on short- and long-term solutions

Practices and Standards Compliance - Security and Compliance:

• Begins to collaborate with the team to establish and follow development practices and coding standards
• Assists in ensuring code quality and adherence to broad acceptance criteria during development
• Demonstrates working knowledge of industry best practices and applies them to software development processes
• Assists in implementing 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), with limited guidance
• Assists in driving improvements, ensures automation, testing, and debugging of systems to ensure service/product availability, health, support, and reliability.
  

Core Responsibilities

Planning & Execution:

• Tracks timelines with minimal supervision, ensuring work is completed in a timely manner and is in alignment with project requirements. Prioritizes and adjusts work as resources or timelines change, with some guidance

Collaboration & Partnership:

• Collaborates within a team to better understand expectations and achieve shared objectives. Leverages a foundational understanding of business, stakeholder, and/or customer needs to build partnerships with limited guidance. Actively listens and asks questions to enhance collaboration

Problem Solving:

• Identifies and addresses issues, escalating problems to senior staff as needed in accordance with standard procedures. Compiles and reviews data and/or information from multiple sources to troubleshoot standard and non-standard errors

Continuous Learning:

• Seeks opportunities to gain knowledge and learn new skills and/or tools aligned with industry trends and best practices. Utilizes feedback and training to improve skills. Participates in a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing

Continuous Improvement:

• Implements updates to processes, protocols, and workflows to increase efficiency and effectiveness as directed with some guidance. Contributes to ideation for future process improvements