Senior Principal Software Engineer LiveLabs Platform

About the role

Oracle LiveLabs is the hands‑on learning platform that lets customers, partners, students and internal teams explore Oracle technologies through guided workshops in real cloud environments. We are looking for a Senior Principal Software Engineer to lead the technical direction of the LiveLabs platform, own its architecture and drive reliability, security and performance.

Key responsibilities

• Own the architecture and technical roadmap of the LiveLabs platform across Oracle Database, PL/SQL, Oracle APEX, Linux, Terraform, OCI, AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.
• Lead design and hands‑on delivery of major platform work, ensuring reliability, security, performance and cost efficiency.
• Create reusable Terraform patterns for provisioning and tearing down workshop environments on multiple clouds.
• Develop the LiveLabs application and backend, including APEX features, PL/SQL services, database objects, scheduled jobs and integrations.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers and workshop authors to translate user needs into requirements, priorities and release plans.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of software/platform engineering experience, including 7+ years with Oracle Database and PL/SQL.
• 5+ years building or operating multi‑cloud platforms on OCI, AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.
• 5+ years using Terraform (or comparable IaC) in Linux/Unix environments.
• 3+ years developing applications with Oracle APEX or similar enterprise web platforms.

Required skills

• Oracle Database, PL/SQL, Oracle APEX
• Linux, shell scripting
• Terraform, infrastructure‑as‑code
• OCI, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud
• Git, GitHub workflows, CI/CD, automated testing
• Python, JavaScript, Java
• AI‑assisted development tools

What we offer

• Technical ownership of the LiveLabs platform as a senior individual contributor.
• Opportunity to mentor engineers and shape technical standards.
• Work across cloud infrastructure, automation, databases, applications and reliability engineering.