Principal Member of Technical Staff

What's in it for you?

• Impact at scale: Join the Java Platform Group and help shape services that extend the reach of Java across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), enabling millions of Java applications to be deployed, monitored, and managed with confidence.
• Technical excellence: Collaborate with the engineers behind the Java language and ecosystem. You'll solve complex distributed systems challenges, influence architecture, and help set engineering best practices.
• Ownership and growth: Drive projects end-to-end—from design to production operations—and grow your leadership influence through mentorship, technical design reviews, and cross-team initiatives.
• Inclusive culture: We value diverse perspectives, continuous learning, and psychological safety. You'll find a team that welcomes new ideas, supports flexible work styles, and embraces pragmatic innovation (including AI-assisted engineering).
• Modern stack on OCI: Work with cloud-native tech (Kubernetes, containers, CI/CD, IaC), robust security practices, and observability-driven operations in a supportive environment that prioritizes reliability and customer success.

As a member of the software engineering division, you will assist in defining and developing software for tasks associated with the developing, debugging and troubleshooting of our cloud service Provide technical leadership to other junior software developers based locally and regionally. Specify, design and implement modest changes to existing software architecture to meet changing needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute across the full technology stack to build highly scalable, distributed, cloud-native solutions
• Develop new features for Java Management Services, aligning with market trends, evolving business needs, and project requirements
• Maintain and enhance operational excellence for Java Management Services, consistently meeting the service's SLOs
• Ensure the performance, availability, and scalability of Java Management Service by upholding high standards of code quality
• Follow agile development practices, adhere to Oracle and project team best practices, and actively pursue opportunities for continuous learning
• Collaborate effectively with both Java Management Service internal teams and broader Oracle teams
• Participate in on-call responsibilities

Skillset:

• 10+ years (IC4) of experience designing, implementing, testing, and operating cloud-native applications in Agile and DevOps environments
• Proficient in building rich user interfaces with JavaScript frameworks, preferably React
• Strong expertise in Java, with proficiency in at least one additional programming language such as Go, Python, Kotlin, or C/C++
• Hands-on experience with Java frameworks, ideally Dropwizard
• Experience working with both relational and non-relational databases
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, version control with Git, and build tools like Maven or Gradle
• Experience with cloud-native technologies, including containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Helm, Kubernetes)
• Deep experience working with at least one major cloud provider (OCI, Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Proven ability to scale architectures by introducing new microservices in event-driven software environments
• Experience utilizing monitoring tools, preferably Grafana
• Strong skills in writing comprehensive functional and technical documentation
• Demonstrated ability to write highly maintainable code and leverage code assistance tools
• Cloud engineering certifications are a plus
• Experience with open source contributions or active participation in developer communities is desirable
• Experience with Functions/Serverless computing is a plus

Career Level - IC4