Senior Platform Software Engineer
As part of the Java Platform Group, you will work with development, support and quality engineering teams to diagnose and resolve issues across the JDK Core Libraries and Security components. The team is responsible for producing Oracle JDK Update releases, assisting enterprise customers with complex production issues, and contributing fixes and enhancements to the OpenJDK project.
As a team, we are increasingly embracing AI-assisted software engineering to improve developer productivity, automate repetitive tasks and accelerate the delivery of high-quality JDK updates.
What We're Looking For
- A degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong Java development skills, particularly within the JDK Core Libraries.
- Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, networking and performance analysis.
- An enthusiasm for using AI as an everyday engineering tool to improve productivity, accelerate debugging and automate software development tasks.
- A passion for improving engineering productivity through automation, developer tooling, scripting and AI-assisted workflows.
- Knowledge of Java security technologies (JSSE, TLS, cryptography, certificates and Post-Quantum Cryptography) is desirable.
- Experience contributing to open-source software, backporting fixes across multiple software release trains, or developing engineering tools and automation would be an advantage.
Become part of the team and take the opportunity to gain in-depth experience in one of the most popular developer platforms used across enterprises around the world.
Key Responsibilities
The delivery of robust and compatible JDK updates
- Investigate, reproduce and resolve complex issues reported by enterprise customers.
- Develop fixes and backport them across multiple supported JDK release trains.
Improve the effectiveness of the JDK production process
- Use AI-assisted development tools to accelerate debugging, code analysis, root-cause investigation and patch porting.
- Design and develop tooling that improves engineering productivity through automation and AI-assisted workflows.
Ensure that Java continues to be the language of choice for enterprises
- Improve JDK diagnostics for deployments of Java across the cloud and within mission critical production environments.
- Contribute to the evolution of the JDK through engineering improvements and participation in the OpenJDK community.
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: $92,500 to $209,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.
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.
Career Level - IC3