Principal Software Engineer

What the role needs

• If you're comfortable with ambiguity, have a bias to ship, and want to deliver visible impact across a global organization—we want to talk to you.
• Build and maintain applications supporting the ZPO Process Registry and related tooling
• Design and implement workflow systems with dynamic scoring, validation, and real-time updates
• Develop responsive dashboards and reporting capabilities for multiple user personas (Process Owners, ZPO Team, Leadership)
• Write and optimize SQL/PL/SQL including stored procedures, complex queries, and data model design
• Implement role-based access control and integrate with enterprise identity systems (SSO/MFA)
• Build automated report generation with export capabilities (PDF, PowerPoint, text)
• Integrate AI/ML model outputs into dashboards and interfaces (predictions, recommendations, automated insights)
• Own operational health: monitoring, debugging, and continuous improvement
• Mentor team members and contribute to engineering best practices

From the employer

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Transformation & Delivery is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our high-impact team supporting the Zero Process Oracle (ZPO) initiative. This program is focused on streamlining critical business processes across Oracle, and you will build the platforms and tools that make it possible. We need an engineer who can work across the stack—from database to UI—and who brings strong PostgreSQL/SQL experience alongside modern web development skills. You'll support a variety of disciplines as needs evolve, shipping iteratively and adapting quickly. This is a greenfield opportunity to build enterprise-grade applications that will transform how Oracle manages and improves its processes. If you're comfortable with ambiguity, have a bias to ship, and want to deliver visible impact across a global organization—we want to talk to you. Responsibilities • Build and maintain applications supporting the ZPO Process Registry and related tooling • Design and implement workflow systems with dynamic scoring, validation, and real-time updates • Develop responsive dashboards and reporting capabilities for multiple user personas (Process Owners, ZPO Team, Leadership) • Write and optimize SQL/PL/SQL including stored procedures, complex queries, and data model design • Implement role-based access control and integrate with enterprise identity systems (SSO/MFA) • Build automated report generation with export capabilities (PDF, PowerPoint, text) • Integrate AI/ML model outputs into dashboards and interfaces (predictions, recommendations, automated insights) • Own operational health: monitoring, debugging, and continuous improvement • Mentor team members and contribute to engineering best practices Basic Qualifications Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field Proven delivery of enterprise applications with 5+ years of experience Strong JavaScript skills for client-side validation, dynamic interactions, and real-time UI updates Experience building enterprise applications with 500+ concurrent users and high availability requirements Strong understanding of responsive design and mobile-first development principles Proven ability to mentor and lead other developers in development practices Preferred Qualifications Knowledge of Oracle IDCS for SSO/MFA integration patterns Experience integrating AI/ML model APIs into applications Background in process management or workflow automation applications Experience with performance optimization and scalability tuning for large user bases Required Skills JavaScript, Responsive Design, PL/SQL, REST APIs, UI/UX Design Disclaimer: Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements. Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only US: Hiring Range in USD from: $114,600 to $234,600 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral. Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity. Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following: 1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion 2. Short term disability and long term disability 3. Life insurance and AD&D 4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child) 5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts 6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits 7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match 8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation. 9. 11 paid holidays 10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours. 11. Paid parental leave 12. Adoption assistance 13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan 14. Financial planning and group legal 15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted. As part of Oracle's onboarding process and consistent with applicable law, US-based employees are required to complete identity verification, which involves the collection and processing of their biometric information. Accommodations to this requirement may be granted following an individualized assessment. Design, develop, troubleshoot and debug software programs for databases, applications, tools, networks etc.