Principal Platform Software Engineer
Summary
Principal backend platform engineer at Oracle building Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers that expose the Database Tools service to AI agents, plus work on the Document Generator function and the Oracle Database/ORDS/APEX stack on Oracle Cloud. Day to day: Java/SQL cloud services, Terraform-based deployment automation, DevOps monitoring, and incident response.
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
