Senior Platform Software Engineer
Oracle · Nashville, TN
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Jul 22, 2026
Nashville, TN
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role focused on testing the Java platform — specifically server-side components such as core libraries, security, networking, and data structures. The work involves designing and writing open-source test suites and test frameworks, collaborating with feature teams to ensure product quality, and building tooling to improve release efficiency. Suited to engineers with a strong Java background who are comfortable working deep in both product and test source code.
Senior level · 5+ years · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $106,594 (middle half $82,076–$136,109).
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Why we read it this way (9)
The role is primarily framed as test engineering ('we hire developers to write code to test code'), but the JD also emphasizes deep product source-code involvement, framework development, and general software engineering — making 15-1252 Software Developers a credible alternative classification.
No work location is specified in the posting; Oracle's Java Platform Group has offices in multiple US cities. The CBSA and state fields are left blank accordingly.
The minimum experience requirement is stated as '5+ years' in the Job Requirements section, but the Minimum Job Qualifications matrix allows as few as 2 years with a Master's degree or 4 years with a Bachelor's. The '5+ years' figure from the requirements section is used as the overall years minimum as the clearest stated floor.
Degree requirement is set to None because the Minimum Qualifications explicitly allow 8 years of experience with no degree at all, making a degree optional rather than a hard gate.
AI/Codex experience is listed under Job Requirements with firm language ('hands on experience using AI (Codex)') and is treated as a hard gate, though this is an unusual requirement that may be interpreted broadly.
The 4-year coding experience requirement (SQL, C/C++, JavaScript) and 3-year database experience appear under 'Job Skills' — a section that reads as a competency profile rather than a strict gate; the coding languages are captured as preferred with the years demanded reflecting the stated figure.
Cloud platform experience (2 years, AWS/Azure/GCP/Oracle Cloud) appears under 'Preferred Job Qualifications' and is marked preferred accordingly.
Source control is mentioned in the Job Skills section as a general competency without naming a specific tool; Git is captured as the canonical representative but marked preferred given the section context.
Java Certified Developer is explicitly called 'highly desired' — a preference signal, not a hard gate — and is not emitted as a skill since it is a certification rather than a named technology.
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