Principal Platform Software Engineer (Database)

Salary: £52,000 - 92,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong database administration (DBA) and database systems experience
• Strong software engineering and database expertise

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and operate large-scale database platform services for mission-critical OCI workloads.
• Build highly available, scalable, and resilient distributed systems to manage databases across global cloud regions.
• Develop automation for database provisioning, lifecycle management, monitoring, patching, upgrades, backup, recovery, and fleet operations.
• Partner with database architects, SREs, and OCI service teams to deliver reliable data platforms that meet availability, performance, and durability requirements.
• Improve the reliability, scalability, observability, security, and operational efficiency of Tier-0 cloud services.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues involving database internals, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and large-scale fleet operations.
• Design and implement software solutions to optimize database performance, capacity utilization, and operational excellence.
• Participate in architecture reviews, technical design discussions, and engineering initiatives for cloud-scale database platforms.
• Apply database administration expertise to influence software design, automation strategies, and operational best practices.
• Contribute to the evolution of OCI foundational data services that support core cloud offerings.
• Build self-service workflows for provisioning, patching, upgrades, backup validation, failover testing, and decommissioning to eliminate manual operational tasks.
• Develop automation-first solutions that reduce operational toil and burden, accelerate incident recovery, and improve service reliability.
• Build intelligent remediation systems that detect and automatically resolve common database and infrastructure issues.
• Help define and evolve standard practices and procedures within the software engineering division.

Technologies:

• AI
• Cloud
• Embedded
• Support
• Oracle
• Security

More:

We are hiring a Software Development Engineer for Oracle Cloud Infrastructures Internal Oracle Database (IOD) team, a Tier-0 team responsible for the data platform powering virtually every OCI service. We provide fully managed database services for mission-critical OCI workloads and dedicated cloud environments. In this Principal Engineer role, you will help transform operational knowledge into software and build automation and self-healing capabilities that reduce manual intervention, improve reliability, and help the platform scale. Our work supports OCIs continued growth, developer productivity, and operational excellence. Oracle brings together data, infrastructure, applications, and expertise, with AI embedded across our products and services, to help customers shape a better future. We offer competitive benefits, including flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options, as well as employee volunteer programs. We are committed to an inclusive workforce and accessible employment processes, and we provide equal employment opportunities. Career level: IC4.

last updated 40 week of 2026