Principal Platform Software Engineer - JOIN OCI NASHVILLE!

🏢 Oracle
📍 Nashville, United StatesFull-timeOn-site
📅 Posted: 1w ago🔄 Updated: 1w ago
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a Principal Platform Software Engineer for its Log Analytics team in Nashville, Tennessee. This on-site role focuses on shaping the architecture, query language, and distributed execution platform for a cloud-scale observability solution. Responsibilities include designing and building scalable systems for advanced analytics and machine learning, developing AI agents and workflows, and architecting secure, resilient cloud services. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering, six or more years of software engineering experience with a focus on large-scale distributed systems, and strong proficiency in Java or Python. Experience with cloud-scale, multi-tenant products, distributed computing, and modern AI-assisted development is crucial. The position requires participation in an on-call rotation and willingness to work on-site.
Required Skills
Information Technology
○Java○Python○Distributed Systems○jQuery○Machine Learning○Generative AI○AI Agents
Soft Skills & Professional Competencies
○Problem Solving○Collaboration○Communication
Nice to have:
Information Technology
○Kafka○Apache Spark○Kubernetes○Terraform
Other
○Lucene○Solr○Parquet
🎁 Benefits & Perks
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion; Short term disability 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; 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.; 11 paid holidays; 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.; Paid parental leave; Adoption assistance; Employee Stock Purchase Plan; Financial planning and group legal; Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance.
Requirements
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering (or equivalent experience), with six or more years of software engineering experience in designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems. Must have strong programming expertise in Java or Python, and experience with cloud-scale, multi-tenant products. Familiarity with modern AI-assisted development, large language models, AI agents, and tool use is also required, along with strong analytical, problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills.
Description

PRINCIPAL PLATFORM SOFTWARE ENGINEER (IC4)

OCI Log Analytics - Query Language and Distributed Execution

Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Work Arrangement: On-site Monday through Friday
On-Call Requirement: Participation in the team’s on-call rotation is required
Relocation: Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates

POSITION OVERVIEW

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Log Analytics is a cloud-scale observability platform that enables customers to search, analyze, and derive actionable insights from massive volumes of machine-generated data. Its query language supports advanced capabilities, including clustering, anomaly detection, natural language processing, statistical analysis, and time-series analysis across terabytes of log data.

We are seeking a Principal Platform Software Engineer to help shape the architecture, query language, and distributed execution platform behind these capabilities. In this role, you will solve complex engineering problems involving query processing, distributed systems, machine learning, and generative AI.

You will also have opportunities to develop AI agents and agentic workflows that make large-scale log investigation and operational troubleshooting faster, more intuitive, and more effective.

This is a production-facing engineering role based in Nashville, Tennessee. The selected candidate must work on-site Monday through Friday and participate in the team’s on-call rotation. Candidates who are interested in relocating to Nashville are encouraged to apply. Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates.

 

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