Senior Platform Software Engineer at Oracle
Nashville, TN
$92,500–$209,500from the description
Jul 16, 2026
Nashville, TN
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role sits within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's internal platform engineering team, working on Merino — an in-house CI/CD and change workflow system. Day-to-day work involves designing and building distributed backend services that handle build automation, deployment orchestration, approvals, and rollback workflows at cloud scale. It suits engineers with a background in cloud-native services or developer platform infrastructure who are comfortable owning systems end-to-end, from architecture through production operations.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (8)
The posting lists no specific location beyond 'US', so no CBSA or state could be determined; the compensation range is stated as US-wide.
The programming language requirement names Java, TypeScript, Python, and Go as a group with 'or similar' — these are presented as interchangeable options for the same gate, so Java is listed as the primary with the others as alternatives.
The cloud platform requirement names OCI, AWS, Azure, and GCP as interchangeable options; AWS is listed as primary with the others as alternatives.
AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) appear under the 'Preferred Experience' section and are treated as preferred.
Progressive delivery / release orchestration / rollback strategies also appear only under 'Preferred Experience'.
The role is internally titled 'IC3' at Oracle, which maps to a Senior individual-contributor level, consistent with the 5+ years requirement and the 'Senior Software Engineer' title.
No degree requirement is stated anywhere in the posting.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): progressive delivery.
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