Principal Platform Software Engineer

A central focus of this role is building Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers that bring the Database Tools service into AI-agent workflows, making its capabilities available to AI agents and helping shape how developers work with Oracle Database. You’ll also contribute to the Document Generator Pre-built Function and the Oracle Database, Oracle ORDS, and Oracle APEX stack on Oracle Cloud. What You’ll Do Every Day - Build native cloud services in an Agile environment using the latest cloud technologies, such as Terraform - Instrument services and automate solution deployment worldwide with a DevOps mindset - Use Codex and other agentic development tools extensively in day-to-day engineering work, including code exploration, implementation, testing, debugging, and documentation; review and validate their output - Coordinate with project stakeholders such as Support and Operations to provide a high level of expertise and service availability - Respond to production platform service escalations; lead incident recovery and root-cause analysis - Participate in code reviews and provide feedback to the team with continuous improvement in mind - Produce the documentation needed to make the platform easy to operate - Contribute to the design, development, and operation of MCP servers and related integrations as the team’s work evolves Preferred Skills 6+ years of professional experience in back-end engineering - BS or MS degree in computer science or equivalent software development experience - Experience working on commercial products that handle large volumes of data in highly available distributed systems - Experience developing scripts to automate software deployments and installations - Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and microservice architectures - Familiarity with version control tools such as Git and Bitbucket - Familiarity with monitoring tools, such as alarms and Grafana dashboards - Strong programming skills with Java and SQL - Curiosity and a willingness to learn and continually improve the solution - Exposure to Agile development methodologies - Experience with the Model Context Protocol (MCP), MCP server development, or integrating services with AI agents is a plus - Experience with Terraform or other infrastructure-building technologies is a plus - Expertise in one or more public clouds—AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI—is a plus - Experience with JavaScript and Node.js is a plus - Familiarity with Codex or similar agentic development tools, and the ability to guide and validate their output