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Principal Software Developer Engineer

Oracle · Reston, VA · 2 days ago
Engineering$115k–$235k/yrFull-time

Who We Are

Oracle Sovereign Cloud builds and operates secure cloud capabilities for mission-critical government workloads. Our engineers build resilient services, automation, and integrations that support cloud operations in highly secure environments.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design and implementation of application features, services, APIs, and integrations aligned to secure, scalable architecture.
  • Develop and guide new application features and enhancements, including design specifications, implementation plans, and technical documentation.
  • Lead code reviews across multiple application areas and coach engineers on quality, maintainability, security, and operational readiness.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex application, API, service-to-service, integration, and production issues.
  • Contribute to architecture decisions, scalability strategies, performance optimization, and periodic technical reviews.
  • Implement comprehensive testing, observability, monitoring, error logging, and debugging practices.
  • Collaborate with product, program, QA, operations, security, and customer-facing teams to align technical delivery with mission and business needs.
  • Mentor engineers and contribute to hiring, technical standards, and continuous improvement across the team.

Qualifications

  • U.S. Citizenship with active US Government security clearance, TS/SCI with Poly, at hire.
  • 11 years of software development experience; or bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field and 7 years of software development experience; or master's degree in a relevant technical field and 5 years of software development experience; or doctorate in a relevant technical field and 3 years of software development experience.
  • 6 years of experience with programming and/or scripting languages.
  • 4 years of experience with databases.
  • Experience designing, building, testing, and operating distributed application services.
  • Demonstrated experience with code review, automation, quality assurance, secure development practices, and technical mentorship.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 11 years of software development experience or equivalent advanced degree plus experience.
  • 3 years of experience with cloud platforms such as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
  • 1 year of experience working with operating budgets and/or project financials.
  • Experience with RESTful APIs, microservices, service-oriented architecture, CI/CD, containers, Kubernetes, Linux, observability, and incident response.
  • Experience delivering software in regulated, classified, sovereign, or air-gapped environments.

Pay

Hiring Range in USD from: $114,600 - $234,600 per year. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Schedule

Not specified.

Benefits

See details in the Job Description.

Contact Information

To apply, please visit [Application Instructions] or email your resume to [Email Address].

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