Principal Platform Software Engineer- Oracle Health

Role Summary
Oracle Health Platform Engineering builds and operates shared platform services that power secure, reliable product delivery at scale. We are an AI-first engineering organization, using AI-assisted approaches to accelerate design and delivery while maintaining high standards for security, correctness, and operability.
We are seeking a Principal Software Developer (IC4) to lead design and delivery for complex platform capabilities, improve platform reliability and security posture, and mentor engineers through deep technical contributions and influence.
Location: Role is based in the United States.
Minimum Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
11 years of experience in software development
OR
Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 7 years of experience in software development
OR
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 7 years of experience in software development
OR
Master's of Technology (M.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development
OR
Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development
OR
Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 3 year of experience in software development.
Job Skills:
Same skills as prior level plus;
-Data Analysis: Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret data to produce actionable business insights.
-Agile Methodologies: Demonstrated ability to use agile methodologies to drive continuous improvement and product delivery.
-Automation: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of automation, including designing, implementing, and managing automated tools, processes, or systems to streamline operations.
-Compliance: Demonstrated knowledge of and adherence to regulatory, legal, and organizational compliance requirements.
-Quality Assurance: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of quality assurance, including ensuring adherence to standards and implementing quality control measures.
-Scripting Languages: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of scripting languages, including writing and maintaining scripts to improve system efficiency.
-Software Test Plans: Demonstrated ability to develop and execute effective software test plans to validate product quality.
-User Experience Development: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of user experience development, including designing intuitive and effective user interfaces and content.
-Code Review: Demonstrated ability to conduct in-depth code reviews for software quality assurance.
-Embedded Systems: Demonstrated ability to develop embedded systems, balancing hardware and software for optimal performance.
-Software Estimation: Demonstrated ability to provide accurate software effort and complexity estimates for project planning and scheduling.
Coding Experience:
6 years of experience with programming and/or scripting languages (e.g., SQL, C/C++, JavaScript).
Database Experience:
4 years of experience with databases.
Preferred Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
11 years of experience in software development
OR
Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 7 years of experience in software development
OR
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 7 years of experience in software development
OR
Master's of Technology (M.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development
OR
Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development
OR
Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 3 years of experience in software development.
Budget Experience:
1 year of experience working with operating budgets and/or project financials.
Cloud Platforms Experience:
3 years of experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle Cloud).
Key Responsibilities
Lead architecture, design, and implementation for complex platform services and shared components.
Own key technical decisions; drive design reviews and ensure solutions meet security, scalability, performance, and operability requirements.
Establish and improve engineering standards across services (API consistency, test strategy, deployment patterns, observability).
Mentor engineers through design guidance, code reviews, and technical leadership.
Drive reliability improvements (SLOs/SLIs, capacity/performance planning, incident analysis, automation).
Partner with Security/Compliance to ensure secure-by-design implementations and audit readiness.
Collaborate across organizations to align roadmaps and deliver cross-team platform initiatives.
AI-First Engineering Expectations
Demonstrate a consistent track record of applying AI-assisted engineering to improve delivery speed and quality across multiple projects (design, implementation, testing, troubleshooting).
Establish team patterns for AI-assisted development (e.g., test generation strategies, code review checklists for AI-generated changes, documentation/ADR generation) and coach others on effective usage.
Evaluate AI-assisted approaches with an enterprise mindset: security, privacy, IP, and compliance considerations; ensure usage aligns with company-approved tooling and policies.
Use AI to enhance operational excellence (e.g., improved incident triage workflows, log/trace analysis approaches, automation of repetitive operational tasks).
Minimum Qualifications
BS in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
7+ years of professional software development experience.
Demonstrated experience building and operating distributed services in production.
Strong system design skills, including data modeling, API design, and performance/reliability tradeoffs.
Demonstrated ability to drive technical alignment across teams and deliver results in ambiguous problem spaces.
Preferred Qualifications
Strong IAM-related service design experience: token-based auth, service-to-service auth, authorization enforcement, policy design.
Experience building or integrating user provisioning and entitlement services, lifecycle workflows, and audit logging.
Experience with secure platform patterns: secrets management, key rotation, secure defaults, defense-in-depth.
Cloud experience preferred (OCI strongly desired; AWS/Azure/GCP acceptable), including containerization and orchestration.