Principal Platform Software Engineer at Oracle
Nashville, TN
$104,500–$234,600from the description
Jul 28, 2026
Nashville, TN
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This is a hands-on platform software engineering role on Oracle's Project Babylon team within the Java Platform Group, contributing to OpenJDK. The engineer will design and implement new Java code reflection and program transformation APIs, work on compiler and runtime functionality, and help enable Java code to target heterogeneous execution environments such as GPUs, AI/ML accelerators, and SQL engines. The role suits an experienced systems software engineer with deep Java and compiler/runtime knowledge.
Senior level · 5+ years · Unspecified · Bachelor's required · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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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.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
No specific work location or metro area is stated in the posting; the compensation range is described as US-wide. The role may be on-site at an Oracle campus but no city is specified.
The title 'IC4' is Oracle's internal career level designation, roughly corresponding to a Senior individual contributor; the public-facing title carries no explicit seniority word.
The degree requirement states 'B.S. or above … or equivalent degree' — because a specific degree is named without a clear equivalent-experience escape, this is treated as a Bachelors minimum. The later boilerplate 'BS or MS degree or equivalent experience' introduces ambiguity, but the primary Requirements block gates on a degree.
The compensation range ($104,500–$234,600/year) is unusually wide; Oracle explicitly notes it reflects variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions, and locations across the US.
Compiler technologies and runtime systems are listed as a single 'or' requirement in the posting ('programming language implementation, compiler technologies, or runtime systems'); they are split here because each is a distinct, separately named technology domain — a candidate strong in only one would likely still qualify.
Platform/multi-OS debugging experience (Linux, macOS, Windows) is listed as a single requirement with alternatives; Linux is used as the primary name with the others in alternatives.
GPU programming, AI/ML frameworks, and accelerator programming models appear only under Preferred Qualifications.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): API design, static analysis.
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