Principal Platform Software Engineer Database Platform

About This Role

This principal engineering role focuses on transforming operational knowledge into software, building automation and self-healing capabilities that reduce manual intervention, improve reliability, and enable the platform to scale efficiently. It involves combining strong software engineering and database expertise to build the next generation of database platform services that support OCI's continued growth while improving developer productivity and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operate large-scale database platform services that power mission-critical Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) workloads
• Build highly available, scalable, and resilient distributed systems in order to manage databases across global cloud regions
• Develop automation for database provisioning, lifecycle management, monitoring, patching, upgrades, backup, recovery, and fleet operations
• Partner with database architects, SREs, and OCI service teams to deliver reliable data platforms that meet stringent availability, performance, and durability requirements
• Drive improvements in service reliability, scalability, observability, security, and operational efficiency for Tier-0 cloud services
• Troubleshoot complex production issues spanning database internals, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and large-scale fleet operations
• Design and implement software solutions that optimize database performance, capacity utilization, and operational excellence
• Participate in architecture reviews, technical design discussions, and engineering initiatives focused on the future of cloud-scale database platforms
• Leverage strong database administration (DBA) expertise to influence software design, automation strategies, and operational best practices
• Contribute to the continuous evolution of OCI's foundational data services that support core cloud offerings
• Eliminate manual operational tasks by building self-service workflows for provisioning, patching, upgrades, backup validation, failover testing, and decommissioning
• Develop "automate-first" solutions that reduce operational toil
• Reduce operational burden, faster incident recovery, and improve service reliability
• Build intelligent remediation systems that detect and automatically resolve common database and infrastructure issues

About the Company

Oracle brings together data, infrastructure, applications, and expertise to power everything from industry innovations to life-saving care. With AI embedded across its products and services, it helps customers turn that promise into a better future for all.