Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is redefining how cloud services are built,

validated, and released at scale. Merino is OCI’s internal CI/CD change workflow

platform, orchestrating build, validation, change management, and deployment

across OCI. Merino sits at the center of OCI software delivery. This role offers

the opportunity to improve developer productivity, release safety, and

operational confidence while helping define the future of AI-assisted software

delivery.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the design, implementation, and operation of core Merino platform

capabilities for OCI-scale CI/CD and change workflow orchestration.

• Own architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring,

operational readiness, and production support.

• Drive improvements to workflow reliability, deployment safety, scalability,

observability, and developer experience.

• Design systems integrating build, release bundle, change management,

approval, rollback, and deployment workflows.

• Break down ambiguous platform problems into durable engineering solutions.

• Set high standards for code quality, system design, operational excellence,

and maintainability.

• Use production signals and customer feedback to prioritize platform

improvements.

• Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and technical

leadership.

• Partner across engineering and product organizations to shape the Merino

roadmap.

• Champion effective use of AI-assisted and agentic coding workflows while

maintaining engineering rigor.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience building distributed systems,

developer platforms, CI/CD systems, infrastructure automation, or cloud

services.

• Strong programming skills in Java, TypeScript, Python, Go, or similar

languages.

• Experience operating reliable cloud services in OCI, AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Experience with CI/CD, DevOps, release automation, IaC, containers,

orchestration, or deployment pipelines.

• Ability to lead technical initiatives across ambiguity and competing

priorities.

• Strong communication and stakeholder influence skills.

Preferred Experience

• Hands-on use of Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or similar agentic coding

tools.

• Experience using AI-generated code with strong review, testing, and

architectural ownership.

• Experience using AI to explore codebases, generate tests, refactor systems,

improve documentation, or accelerate migrations.

• Experience building internal engineering platforms with a strong focus on

developer experience and reliability.

• Experience with release orchestration, progressive rollout, rollback

validation, and large-scale production deployments.

QUALIFICATIONS

Disclaimer:

Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to

comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health

mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the

stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $96,800 to $306,400 per annum. May be eligible for

bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for

variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as

well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as

well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion

2. Short term disability and long term disability

3. Life insurance and AD&D

4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)

5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts

6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits

7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match

8. 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.

9. 11 paid holidays

10. 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.

11. Paid parental leave

12. Adoption assistance

13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan

14. Financial planning and group legal

15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days

from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

As part of Oracle's onboarding process and consistent with applicable law,

US-based employees are required to complete identity verification, which

involves the collection and processing of their biometric information.

Accommodations to this requirement may be granted following an individualized

assessment.

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