Senior Platform Software Engineer at Oracle
Columbus, OH
$92,500–$209,500from the description
Jun 30, 2026
Columbus, OH
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-to-senior software engineering role focused on building and operating distributed, high-performance generative AI agent services on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Day-to-day work involves developing platform components and SDKs, debugging across distributed systems, optimizing resilience and capacity, and collaborating with applied scientists to bring AI agent capabilities to production at scale. Best suited to engineers with strong cloud-native distributed systems experience and an interest in large language model technologies.
Mid level · 5+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Advertised as Senior, but the requirements read as Mid.
Posted 9 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
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.
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 (6)
The posting carries the internal level 'IC3', which at Oracle typically maps to a mid-level individual contributor, despite the title framing of 'senior developer'. The actual scope (moderately complex components, team-level improvements) and the 5+ year minimum experience gate are consistent with a Mid-level band rather than Senior.
No specific work location is stated beyond 'US'; the compensation range is described as US-wide. No CBSA or state could be determined.
Degree requirement: the minimum qualifications list 'BS in Computer Science, or equivalent experience', which normally would yield None; however, the preferred qualifications separately call out 'BS or MS in Computer Science' without an equivalency escape, creating ambiguity. The minimum qualifications clause 'or equivalent experience' is treated as the operative gate, so the degree requirement is set to None — but note the posting does express a preference for a formal BS/MS.
Python, Java, and Go are all listed together under Minimum Qualifications with 'Proficient in' language; they are treated as separate required skills rather than interchangeable alternatives, as the JD lists all three as expected proficiencies.
Cloud computing, LLMs, and generative AI experience appear only under Preferred Qualifications and are therefore not hard gates.
The compensation range ($92,500–$209,500/yr) is unusually wide; Oracle explicitly notes it reflects variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions, and locations across the US.
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