Principal Application Software Engineer

We're looking for exceptional engineers to join our team, with a strong foundation in distributed systems, microservices architecture, and modern technologies. This role presents a unique opportunity to design and build innovative, cloud-centric applications from scratch, and make a significant impact on our technical and business strategies. You'll enjoy autonomy and ownership in your work, and be part of a team that values diversity, inclusivity, and creativity. Our dynamic and flexible work environment is designed to support and encourage you to excel, and thrive in a culture that fosters innovation and growth.

About Us:
At Oracle, we are transforming healthcare by modernizing Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems to empower front-line healthcare professionals. Our mission is to enable them to focus more on patient care and less on administrative tasks, achieving peak efficiency with the support of generative AI and modernized applications. By leveraging the power of generative AI and state-of-the-art applications, we aim to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in healthcare delivery. Our approach to modernization includes investing in cutting-edge AI capabilities, advancing user experience, and offering open APIs that enable customers and third parties to develop innovative, integrated solutions. We are dedicated to creating a seamless and intuitive healthcare experience that benefits patients, providers, payers, and the entire healthcare ecosystem.

Our Mission: At Oracle Health, we prioritize humans in the healthcare experience—for patients, providers, payers, and the population. We advance healthcare and population-level health by making cutting-edge solutions practical and effective at the practitioner level. Our goal is to enable patients to receive care from anyone, anywhere, on any device by providing practitioners with comprehensive medical information.

As a Principal Application Software Engineer on our team, you’ll be responsible for and will lead efforts in designing and building scalable, distributed, and resilient software components and services to support health care platform, applications, and our end users. We believe in ownership and expect you to think long term, mentor, and empower other engineers.

Qualifications and Experience:

Technical Skills:

• BS degree in Computer Science or related field (MS preferred)

• 10+ years distributed service engineering experience in a software development environment

• Expert in Java and an exceptional problem solver

• Deep understanding of object-oriented design and SDK development, specifically within a cloud environment

• Strong skills in data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems fundamentals.

• Experience working closely with architects, principals, product and program managers to deliver product features on time and with high quality.

• Working familiarity with networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP) and standard network architectures.

• Experience with containers and container orchestration technologies (Kubernetes, Docker)

• Good understanding of databases, NoSQL systems, storage and distributed persistence technologies.

• Good understanding of Linux

• Demonstrable technical leadership and mentorship skills

• Knowledge of OCI or AWS, Azure, GCP, Public Cloud SaaS, PaaS Services and/or related technology is a plus

• Good to have hands-on experience designing, developing, and operating public cloud service control planes

Functional Skills:

• Design and implement intuitive and seamless customer experiences.

• Proficiency in Agile methodologies, especially Scrum.

• Experience using ticket tracking systems such as JIRA.

• Ability to quickly translate wireframes into prototypes and production-ready interfaces.

• Quick learner with the ability to pick up new languages and technologies.

• Self-driven and able to work independently on projects, even as designs evolve.

• Passionate about learning and staying updated with new technologies and services.

• Strong communication skills, including cross-team collaboration.

• Ability to deliver basic functionality and iterate rapidly.

• Experience working with geographically distributed teams.

• Significant plus: Knowledge of healthcare and experience delivering healthcare applications.

Career Level – IC4