Senior Platform Software Engineer
Job description
Merino is OCI's internal CI/CD change workflow platform, enabling the reliable build, validation, approval, and deployment of software across Ora*** Cloud Infrastructure. As OCI continues to scale its cloud services, Merino plays a critical role in improving release automation, deployment safety, developer productivity, and operational excellence across engineering teams. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help design, build, and evolve the next generation of Merino's platform capabilities. This hands-on engineering role focuses on developing scalable distributed systems, modern CI/CD workflows, and cloud-native platform services that power OCI software delivery. The successful candidate will contribute across the full software lifecycle—from architecture and implementation to deployment, operations, and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate has strong software engineering fundamentals, experience building cloud-native or developer platform services, and a passion for delivering reliable, maintainable systems. They thrive in collaborative environments, enjoy solving complex technical challenges, and leverage modern engineering practices—including AI-assisted development—to improve productivity while maintaining high standards for quality, security, testing, and operational readiness. Key Responsibilities • Design, develop, and operate Merino platform capabilities supporting OCI-scale CI/CD, change management, and deployment orchestration. • Build reliable, scalable distributed services that improve workflow automation, deployment safety, observability, and developer experience. • Implement high-quality software across the full development lifecycle, including testing, deployment, monitoring, production support, and continuous improvement. • Develop integrations across build systems, release management, approvals, rollback, and deployment workflows. • Participate in architecture discussions, design reviews, code reviews, debugging, and technical planning. • Collaborate with engineering teams to deliver robust platform capabilities that accelerate OCI software delivery. • Apply AI-assisted engineering practices and automation responsibly to improve development efficiency while maintaining production-quality standards. Required Qualifications • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building distributed systems, cloud services, developer platforms, or CI/CD infrastructure. • Strong programming experience in Java, TypeScript, Python, Go, or similar languages. • Experience designing, building, and operating production cloud services on OCI, AWS, Azure, GCP, or equivalent platforms. • Experience with CI/CD systems, DevOps practices, infrastructure automation, containers, orchestration, or deployment pipelines. • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced environments. • Excellent communication, collaboration, and software engineering fundamentals. Preferred Experience • Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or similar coding assistants. • Experience reviewing, validating, and maintaining AI-generated code for production systems. • Experience using AI to accelerate software development through code generation, testing, refactoring, documentation, or migration activities. • Experience building internal developer platforms with a focus on reliability, scalability, and developer productivity. • Experience with release orchestration, progressive delivery, rollback strategies, and large-scale production deployments.