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Oracle

Builds databases, business apps and cloud services

Platform Software Engineering

Full-Time
$120k - $306.4k/yr+ Bonus + Equity + Compensation Deferral
Expert
Nashville, TN, USA+1 moreMore locations: United States
In Person
Engineering ManagementEngineering Leadership

About the job

Requirements
  • Experience leading software engineering teams and delivering platform software development across teams.
  • Ability to set technical and delivery direction for a software platform and partner with service owners.
  • Ability to establish API and software development kit guardrails, deprecation strategies, and upgrade playbooks.
  • Ability to lead software design, testing, quality assurance, debugging, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and API integration and lifecycle strategies.
  • Expertise in software architecture, system design, scalability, and architectural standards and best practices.
  • Ability to develop security criteria, coding standards, and secure software development practices.
  • Ability to lead system maintenance, upgrades, patching, automation, testing, and operational reliability.
  • Ability to manage projects and initiatives across teams, set priorities, and adapt to resource or timeline changes.
  • Ability to drive cross-functional partnerships and develop strategic relationships with stakeholders and external partners.
  • Ability to guide teams in addressing complex operational and technical issues and analyzing information to identify solutions.
  • Ability to identify team skill gaps, coach team members, support career development, and lead candidate interviews and talent acquisition.
Responsibilities
  • Lead a new software engineering team building the platform for Agentic Service Engineering across OCI.
  • Create systems, workflows, service context, and safety controls that enable engineers and AI agents to understand services, automate repeatable work, safely make and validate changes, and improve production reliability.
  • Set the technical and delivery direction for the platform, hire and develop a high-performing Nashville-based engineering team, and partner with OCI service owners to turn fragmented operational knowledge and manual processes into reusable capabilities.
  • Deliver practical AI-enabled engineering solutions that reduce operational toil, improve service resilience, and make OCI services easier and less costly to evolve and operate.
  • Lead multiple platform teams to standardize middleware patterns and client libraries used by several consumer teams.
  • Establish group-level guardrails for APIs and software development kits, deprecation strategies, and upgrade playbooks; track adoption and risk.
  • Sponsor shared observability frameworks and capacity models across teams; review error-budget posture and corrective actions.
  • Lead teams in designing software solutions, identifying and analyzing requirements, and ensuring alignment with those requirements.
  • Manage the execution of processes to develop and guide new software features and enhancements following design specifications, ensure accessibility, and develop documents clarifying software design and code.
  • Lead code and functional reviews to drive improvements across a project.
  • Lead teams in debugging and troubleshooting to identify and fix software issues across multiple components or functional areas.
  • Guide teams in implementing functional and non-functional software testing, quality assurance processes, error logging, monitoring, and observability for effective debugging.
  • Use an analytic approach to conduct performance profiling and optimize code.
  • Lead teams in troubleshooting and resolving issues related to API functionality and integration.
  • Lead teams in implementing API versioning, lifecycle, and interoperability strategies.
  • Lead teams in designing and developing software, systems, and services; provide technical guidance and domain expertise in software architecture decisions and best practices.
  • Lead periodic architecture reviews and ensure adherence to architectural frameworks, internal development practices, and standards.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align software architecture with business and customer goals and priorities.
  • Lead teams in implementing performance optimization and scalability strategies in software design.
  • Influence teams to conduct regular technology research and evaluation for architectural enhancements.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders and external clients or partners to understand customer issues and align solutions.
  • Lead teams in providing technical guidance and appropriately prioritizing customer support for reported issues.
  • Advocate for customer interests and suggest product enhancements based on feedback.
  • Develop, modify, and execute policies to ensure customer satisfaction through timely issue resolution and effective communication.
  • Lead teams through customer issue and defect handling processes and direct teams to training opportunities as needed.
  • Manage investigations and troubleshooting of complex product maintenance issues to ensure customer agreement on short- and long-term solutions.
  • Collaborate with teams and stakeholders to establish, follow, and enforce documented security criteria, industry best practices, processes, and coding standards.
  • Ensure clarity of teams' operational objectives for adherence to broad acceptance criteria.
  • Implement secure software development practices requiring information gathering and analysis to prevent security vulnerabilities.
  • Lead teams in periodic maintenance and testing operations for systems requiring upgrades or patching, including for critical vulnerabilities.
  • Delegate assignments to teams to implement and evolve standard operating procedures for development and improvements, ensuring automation, testing, and debugging to maintain service availability, health, support, and reliability.
  • Manage multiple medium- to large-scale projects or initiatives across teams, monitoring timelines, deliverables, and budgets where applicable.
  • Provide direction on project work, set priorities, align work with business needs, and guide teams in adjusting plans to accommodate resource or timeline changes.
  • Drive cross-functional partnerships to align expectations and shared objectives across teams.
  • Coach team members in developing strategic relationships with business leaders, stakeholders, and external partners.
  • Promote inclusivity by seeking and listening to diverse perspectives and ensuring others feel heard and respected.
  • Provide direction to teams addressing complex operational and technical issues and analyzing complex data or information to identify solutions.
  • Review unresolved or critical issues and provide insights to help teams identify potential solutions.
  • Model continuous learning, integrate best practices into strategic planning, and use feedback to drive team skill improvements.
  • Identify skill gaps across teams and empower team members to pursue learning and knowledge-sharing opportunities; coach them to apply new learning to advance the organization.
  • Drive teams to develop and implement ideas that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows; provide oversight.
  • Guide teams in adopting alternative approaches and methods and encourage feedback for continued improvement.
  • Drive team performance by providing feedback and coaching aligned with performance management processes, guidelines, and expectations.
  • Discuss development goals with team members, share career development opportunities, and align individual goals with broader organizational goals.
  • Develop and manage the talent acquisition pipeline by leading candidate interviews, monitoring promotion eligibility, and orchestrating talent resources.

About the company

Oracle builds databases, business applications, and cloud infrastructure for companies and public-sector organizations. Oracle Database stores and processes business data, while Oracle Cloud Infrastructure provides computing, storage, and networking for applications and AI workloads. Fusion Cloud Applications support finance, human resources, supply chains, and customer service, helping businesses manage everyday operations and reporting. Customers pay for cloud subscriptions and usage, software licenses, support, hardware, and consulting, with deployment options in Oracle's cloud or their own data centers. Oracle was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Austin, Texas

Founded

1977

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What believers are saying

  • Cloud infrastructure sales grew: Oracle reported $7.4 billion quarterly revenue, up 121% yearly, in September 2026.
  • Employees build transferable skills: Oracle offers free product certifications and access to Coursera, O'Reilly, and LinkedIn Learning.
  • Existing licenses create repeat business: Oracle sells annual technical support covering software updates, fixes, and assistance.

What critics are saying

  • Expansion consumes cash: Oracle reported negative $5 billion free cash flow for its August 2026 quarter despite profitable operations.
  • Job security faces active restructuring: Oracle's September 2026 filing added $700 million to a plan centered on employee severance.
  • Future datacenters lock in costs: Oracle's September 2026 filing lists $288 billion of future lease commitments, typically lasting 15-19 years.

What makes Oracle unique

  • Its database runs inside rival clouds: Oracle delivers native database services in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud datacenters.
  • Global expansion keeps one rate card: Oracle charges the same OCI service prices across regions, including government clouds.
  • Hardware participates in database work: Oracle's Exadata storage servers process data-intensive queries alongside specialized database servers and networking.

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Benefits

  • 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
  • Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
  • 11 paid holidays
  • Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
  • Paid parental leave
  • Adoption assistance
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Financial planning and group legal
  • Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

1%

1 year growth

2%

2 year growth

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