Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer
Oracle · Nashville, TN
$96,800–$306,400from the description
Jun 29, 2026
Nashville, TN
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor engineering role focused on designing and building a region build automation service within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The work involves architecting large-scale, distributed cloud systems, setting technical direction and coding standards, and collaborating across teams to deliver resilient infrastructure software. It suits an experienced engineer with a strong background in high-scale distributed services, cloud platforms, and hands-on coding in object-oriented languages.
Senior level · 10+ years · Remote · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
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How this req sits in the market our data
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The posting does not specify a single work location — it references 'US-based' roles and a US salary range but names no city or metro; CBSA is left blank accordingly.
The title is 'Lead Principal Software Engineer' (Oracle career level IC5), which maps to advertised Principal. However, the actual requirements — 10+ years, large-scale distributed systems, hands-on coding — are consistent with a Senior individual contributor, not a true org-wide Principal authority; seniority is assessed as Senior.
The degree requirement states 'BS or MS … or equivalent practical experience,' so no formal degree is hard-gated.
Java, GoLang, and C# are listed as interchangeable OO language options under Basic Qualifications; Java is used as the primary name with GoLang and C# as alternatives.
Cloud platform experience (OCI, AWS, Azure) appears under Preferred Qualifications and is marked preferred; OCI/Azure are listed as alternatives to AWS.
KVM and Docker appear together under host virtualization in Preferred Qualifications; Docker is listed as an alternative to KVM.
Networking knowledge, Linux internals, and database experience all appear under Preferred Qualifications and are marked preferred.
'Distributed systems' is captured as a required skill to represent the hard-gated requirement for large-scale, highly distributed services infrastructure experience stated in Basic Qualifications — no specific named technology is cited for this gate.
Compensation range is very wide ($96,800–$306,400/yr), which Oracle notes is intentional to account for location, experience, and role variations.
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