Principal Software Developer, Backend Focus (Remote)

Principal Software Developer (IC4)

Oracle Health Platform Engineering builds core platform capabilities that enable Oracle Health teams to deliver secure, scalable, highly available services. We operate with an AI-first engineering culture—engineers are expected to use AI-assisted approaches to accelerate delivery and improve quality across system design, coding, testing, documentation, and operations.

We are seeking a Principal Software Developer (IC4) to design, develop, and operate backend services and platform components that improve developer productivity and strengthen platform security and reliability.

Location / Work Authorization / Clearance: Role is based in the United States. U.S. citizenship required due to security clearance requirements. No visa sponsorship available. Must be able to obtain and maintain the required security clearance.

Key Responsibilities • Design and implement backend services and APIs used by Oracle Health product teams. • Deliver features end-to-end: requirements clarification, technical design, implementation, automated testing, deployment, and operational support. • Participate in code and design reviews; contribute to engineering best practices (testing, CI/CD, observability, security). • Diagnose and resolve production issues; participate in on-call and incident response and drive follow-up actions. • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (SRE/Operations, Security, Product, and other engineering teams). • Produce and maintain documentation, runbooks, and operational playbooks.

AI-First Engineering Expectations • Demonstrate practical experience using AI-assisted techniques/tools to improve developer productivity and quality (e.g., faster prototyping, stronger test coverage, safer refactoring, better documentation). • Apply an AI-first mindset to day-to-day work: generating and validating code suggestions, creating/maintaining tests, and improving observability and runbooks—while maintaining strong engineering judgment. • Understand and follow enterprise security and privacy requirements when using AI tooling (e.g., protect sensitive data, use approved tools/workflows).

Minimum Qualifications • BS in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent practical experience). • 7+ years of professional software development experience. • Proficiency in one or more languages (e.g., Java, C#, Go, Python) and experience building REST and/or gRPC services. • Working knowledge of data stores (RDBMS and/or NoSQL) and distributed systems fundamentals. • Experience with modern engineering practices: source control, code review, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities: As a member of the software engineering division, you will take an active role in the definition and evolution of standard practices and procedures. You will be responsible for defining and developing software for tasks associated with the developing, designing and debugging of software applications or operating systems.

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: $109,700 to $234,600 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.

Career Level - IC4

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