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We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Software Engineer to join our Clinical Applications Engineering team focused on modernizing provider workflows, inbox management, and clinical messaging capabilities that are central to how clinicians communicate, coordinate care, and manage patient information.\nThis is a full-stack engineering role with a strong emphasis on backend development, distributed systems, and scalable platform architecture. You will work on mission-critical healthcare applications used by clinicians every day while helping drive Oracle Health's next-generation cloud-native EHR strategy.\nWe are looking for engineers who thrive in complex technical environments, possess strong system design skills, and demonstrate a deep sense of ownership across the entire software development lifecycle.\nWhat You'll Do\nDesign and Build Scalable Clinical Applications\nDesign, develop, and maintain cloud-native EHR applications supporting clinical inbox, messaging, and provider workflow experiences.\nBuild highly scalable backend services and distributed systems that power critical healthcare workflows.\nDevelop full-stack solutions while maintaining a primary focus on backend architecture, performance, reliability, and scalability.\nPartner with product managers, architects, and cross-functional engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.\nDrive technical design discussions and contribute to long-term platform strategy.\nTechnical Leadership & Mentorship\nServe as a technical leader within the team, helping guide architecture decisions and engineering best practices.\nMentor junior engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and day-to-day technical guidance.\nLead small engineering initiatives and coordinate delivery across teams when required.\nFoster a culture of engineering excellence, accountability, and continuous learning.\nEnd-to-End Ownership\nOwn services and applications throughout the entire development lifecycle, from requirements gathering through deployment and production support.\nTroubleshoot complex production issues and drive root-cause analysis efforts.\nImprove observability, reliability, operational readiness, and system performance.\nCollaborate closely with TPMs, Product Managers, and stakeholders to ensure requirements are clearly understood and successfully delivered.\nEngineering Productivity & AI Enablement\nLeverage modern AI-assisted development tools, including coding assistants and prompt-driven engineering workflows, to improve productivity and development efficiency.\nWork closely with teams building AI-powered healthcare capabilities while remaining focused on application engineering and platform delivery.\nApply AI tools thoughtfully while maintaining strong software engineering fundamentals, architecture expertise, and independent problem-solving capabilities.\n Required Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.\n7-9+ years of professional software engineering experience.\nStrong experience developing enterprise-scale backend systems using Java, Python, or other object-oriented programming languages.\nDeep understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, APIs, scalability, resiliency, and performance optimization.\nExperience building and supporting cloud-native applications in modern engineering environments.\nProven experience serving as a technical lead, leading projects and mentoring engineers.\nExperience guiding and supporting teams of approximately 5-6 engineers through technical execution and delivery.\nStrong understanding of software design principles, data structures, algorithms, and system architecture.\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to clearly explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with cloud platforms, containerization, and modern DevOps practices.\nExperience working in highly regulated environments requiring reliability, security, and compliance.\nFamiliarity with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Codex, or similar engineering productivity platforms.\nWhat Makes Someone Successful in This Role\nThe ideal candidate is first and foremost a strong software engineer with deep backend expertise and a passion for solving complex technical problems. They understand how modern distributed systems operate, can independently design and build scalable services, and are comfortable owning solutions from concept through production.\nSuccessful candidates demonstrate:\nStrong technical depth rather than reliance on AI-generated code.\nThe ability to leverage AI tools responsibly to accelerate productivity while maintaining full understanding of system design and implementation details.\nExceptional communication skills and the ability to articulate technical challenges, tradeoffs, and solutions clearly.\nA strong sense of ownership and accountability for product outcomes.\nA collaborative leadership style that elevates the entire engineering team.\nA desire to mentor others while remaining highly hands-on in design, coding, and problem-solving.\nWhy Join Oracle Health\nAt Oracle Health, you will help build technology that directly impacts healthcare providers and patients worldwide. You'll work on large-scale distributed systems, modern cloud-native architectures, and next-generation EHR solutions while collaborating with talented engineers across Oracle's healthcare organization.\nThis is an opportunity to influence the future of healthcare technology while solving challenging technical problems at enterprise scale.\n Disclaimer: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.\nRange and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only\nUS: Hiring Range in USD from: $114,600 to $234,600 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.\nOracle 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.\nCandidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.\nOracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:\n1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion\n2. Short term disability and long term disability\n3. Life insurance and AD&D\n4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)\n5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts\n6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits\n7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match\n8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. 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