Senior Platform Software Engineer

Location: Nashville, TN, United States

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.

About Us

Only Oracle brings together the data, infrastructure, applications, and expertise to power everything from industry innovations to life-saving care. And with AI embedded across our products and services, we help customers turn that promise into a better future for all. Discover your potential at a company leading the way in AI and cloud solutions that impact billions of lives.

True innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That’s why we’re committed to growing a workforce that promotes opportunities for all with competitive benefits that support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.

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Contribute to the success of Java, one of the world's most widely used programming languages and the #1 developer choice for the cloud by helping us deliver the Oracle JDK Update releases across the IT industry.