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• Modern stack on OCI: Work with cloud-native and AI enabled tech (Kubernetes, containers, CI/CD, IaC), robust security practices, and observability-driven operations in a supportive environment that prioritizes reliability and customer success.

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Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $87,000 to $187,000 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

As a member of the software engineering division, you will assist in defining and developing software for tasks associated with the developing, debugging and troubleshooting of our cloud service Provide technical leadership to other junior software developers based locally and regionally. Specify, design and implement modest changes to existing software architecture to meet changing needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute across the full technology stack to build highly scalable, distributed, cloud-native solutions
• Develop new features for Java Management Services, aligning with market trends, evolving business needs, and project requirements.
• Maintain and enhance operational excellence for Java Management Services, consistently meeting the service's SLOs.
• Ensure the performance, availability, and scalability of Java Management Service by upholding high standards of code quality.
• Follow agile development practices, adhere to Oracle and project team best practices, and actively pursue opportunities for continuous learning.
• Collaborate effectively with both Java Management Service internal teams and broader Oracle teams
• Participate in on-call responsibilities. 
• Develop integrations using frameworks such as LangChain/LangGraph to orchestrate tools, agents, and multi-step automation workflows.  
• Write production-quality code for AI agents, with appropriate evaluation, observability, security, and reliability controls.

 Skillset:

• 5+ years of experience designing, implementing, testing, and operating cloud-native applications in Agile and DevOps environments
• Proficient in building rich user interfaces with JavaScript frameworks, preferably React
• Strong expertise in Java, with proficiency in at least one additional programming language such as Go, Python, Kotlin, or C/C++
• Hands-on experience with Java frameworks, ideally Dropwizard/Helidon
• Experience working with both relational and non-relational databases
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, version control with Git, and build tools like Maven or Gradle
• Experience with cloud-native technologies, including containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Helm, Kubernetes)
• Deep experience working with at least one major cloud provider (OCI, Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Proven ability to scale architectures by introducing new microservices in event-driven software environments
• Experience utilizing monitoring tools, preferably Grafana
• Strong skills in writing comprehensive functional and technical documentation
• Demonstrated ability to write highly maintainable code and leverage code assistance tools
• Cloud engineering certifications are a plus

Nice to Have

• Cloud engineering certifications.
• Open-source contributions or active participation in developer communities.
• Experience building LLM-enabled applications using LangChain, LangGraph, prompt engineering, RAG, tool calling, and agent or multi-agent workflows.