Senior Platform Software Engineer - Kubernetes

About the role

Join Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and help build the next generation of cloud-native services that power enterprise workloads around the world. As a Senior Platform Software Engineer, you will be part of a team focused on enhancing the Kubernetes experience on OCI. You will design, develop, and deliver innovative solutions that help customers deploy, manage, and scale applications using modern cloud-native technologies. Your work will directly contribute to strategic initiatives such as Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management, infrastructure automation, and open-source projects that simplify running workloads on OCI. You'll collaborate with talented engineers across OCI to build reliable, scalable, and secure distributed systems while contributing to the broader Kubernetes and CNCF ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Platform Software Development: Own a bounded platform component (service module, SDK area) and evolve its contracts for multi-tenant use. Perform deep debugging across a limited-service graph; drive compatibility-safe remediation plans. Implement targeted resilience/capacity patterns and document adoption guidance for team consumers.
• Software Development and Coding – Design, Testing, and Optimization: Design software solutions and analyze and help identify requirements to achieve business and operational goals, independently. Adheres to and suggests improvements to all phases of the software development lifecycle. Utilizes working knowledge to develop new software features and enhancements following design specifications and develops documents to clarify software design and code. Leads code reviews in designated areas to help drive improvements. Conducts debugging and troubleshooting to identify and fix moderately complex software issues. Develops fixes for identified issues. Implements software testing (e.g., functional and non-functional testing), quality assurance processes, software error logging, monitoring, and observability for effective debugging, ensuring review by manager and/or lead throughout the process. Exercises judgment and discretion to conduct performance profiling and optimization of coding. Troubleshoots and resolves moderately complex issues related to application programming interface (API) functionality and integration. Implements moderately complex API versioning, lifecycle, and interoperability strategies.
• Software Architecture – Software System Structural Design: Designs and develops software, systems, and services aligned to pre-defined system architecture. Develops working knowledge of software architecture decisions and best practices. Collaborates with team leads to review work to ensure alignment with software architecture. Implements moderately complex performance optimization and scalability strategies in software design.
• Issue/Defect Collaboration – Software Products Support: Collaborates within and beyond immediate team to understand customer issues and align solutions. May provide technical guidance and support to customers regarding customer-reported issues, independently. Coaches, mentors, and guides others to advocate for customers' interests and suggests product enhancements based on feedback. Influences team to ensure customer satisfaction through timely resolution of issues and effective communication. Implements customer issue and/or defect handling and training processes, independently. Investigates and troubleshoots complex product maintenance issues to ensure customer agreement on short- and long-term solutions (e.g., future enhancements).
• Practices and Standards Compliance – Security and Compliance: Collaborates with the team to establish and follow development practices and coding standards. Exercises judgment and discretion to ensure code quality and adherence to broad acceptance criteria during development. Keeps up to date with industry best practices and applies them to software development processes. Implements secure coding practices to prevent security vulnerabilities.
• Development Operations – System Maintenance: Performs periodic maintenance and testing operations for systems that require upgrading or patching (e.g., for critical vulnerabilities). Exercises judgment and discretion to drive improvements, ensure automation, testing, and debugging of systems to ensure service/product availability, health, support, and reliability.
• Core Responsibilities:
  • Planning & Execution: Independently manages work, monitoring timelines and deliverables to ensure projects or initiatives stay on track and meet requirements. Proactively prioritizes work and adapts to resource or timeline shifts, suggesting adjustments to maintain project efficiency.
  • Collaboration & Partnership: Collaborates across teams to align on expectations and achieve shared objectives. Builds and maintains a comprehensive understanding of business, stakeholder, and/or customer needs to build and support effective partnerships. Actively listens to diverse perspectives and asks questions to ensure understanding of others.
  • Problem Solving: Independently identifies and addresses standard and non-standard issues in accordance with standard practices, escalating more complex issues as appropriate. Analyzes data and/or information from multiple sources to troubleshoot standard and non-standard errors. Contributes to knowledge sharing and best practices.
  • Continuous Learning: Embraces continuous learning by actively seeking to build knowledge and new skills and/or tools and staying current with industry trends and best practices. Seeks out and leverages feedback and training to improve skills. Contributes to a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing with team members.
  • Continuous Improvement: Develops ideas and recommends updates to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows within a team. Seeks input from team members on alternative approaches and methods for improving work.

Qualifications

• Passionate about Kubernetes, cloud-native technologies, and open-source software.
• Enjoys solving complex engineering challenges at scale.
• Experience designing, developing, and delivering software solutions for multi-tenant platforms.
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills across service graphs.
• Experience implementing resilience, capacity, and observability patterns.
• Familiarity with secure coding practices and compliance standards.
• Ability to lead code reviews, mentor peers, and drive technical improvements.
• Collaborative mindset with a focus on customer satisfaction and continuous learning.

Pay

US: Hiring range in USD from $92,500 – $209,500 per year. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Flexible Vacation (for salaried, non-overtime eligible positions) or accrued vacation (for other eligible employees)
• 11 paid holidays
• 72 hours of paid sick leave upon hire (refreshes annually, up to 112 hours max)
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance