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Oracle Sr. Principal Software Developer - Opower in Lincoln, Nebraska
Job Description
About Us
At Opower, Infrastructure Industries GIU, we build and operate SaaS solutions to transform how people interact with their utility (providers of electricity, gas and/or water) and how utilities interact with their customers. Improving the relationship between Utility and Customer is a key building block of our mission “To provide the best solutions for the world’s energy and water challenges.” Via SaaS solutions built on Oracle’s next-generation cloud infrastructure (OCI), we focus on speedy delivery of utility-specific services, increase corporate administration efficiency, and turn business data into business intelligence.
Opower Spoke Group Overview
We are a former start-up (Opower) that was acquired by Oracle in 2016 but kept our start-up energy and atmosphere. We use utility data and behavioral science to help people save energy through a comprehensive product suite across various communication channels and a modern web platform. Our organization, is focused on building products that educate our customers about their energy, water, or other utility usage via our machine-learning driven insights and nudge customers to become more efficient and flexible with their usage. These products have saved over 31 Terawatt-Hours of electricity and avoided 15.2 million metric tons of carbon in our atmosphere! Our products need to continue to scale to serve even more customers and provide increased flexibility with the communications we send. These represent big challenges that will require critical thinking and innovative engineering. We are very mission-driven and are looking for an engineer who shares this mission to join our team!
Job Description
In this role you will be owning a direction, communication, and decision-making related to a transformation of Opower stack into Oracle Cloud native. Responsible for the delivery and quality of the ultimate solution. Responsible for long-term vision across our entire Software platform: how our technologies add up to products that meet our current and future business needs, and how the environment in which they are developed supports that. Technology guru setting technical direction across R&D teams.
Career Level - IC5
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
Sets technical direction for Opower Software Platform and its further transformation within Oracle Cloud
Share your vast Cloud technology expertise
Hands-on development on multiple teams
Brings the latest Oracle Cloud technologies into Opower
Expected to be active with the rest of Engineering in code reviews, design sessions, and guild activities
Works across team or org boundaries, and with non-engineers
Formulate new problems and solve them
Influences across Opower engineering group and above
Mentors teammates
Experience
Here are the recommended experiences needed to really succeed in this role:
Requirements
10+ years of professional experience with Java
MS or BS degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
Expert with Java as a first-class language.
Expect in containerization and container orchestration technologies (e.g. Docker and Kubernetes).
Understanding and experience with microservices architecture concept and experience in its implementation.
Solid expertise in Cloud technologies and experience working with major Cloud providers.
Wide background and experience leading architecture, design and implementation of complex features and delivery of large‐scale applications in real-world situations, that have a meaningful business impact, decommissioning older versions and simplifying the whole ecosystem.
Experience of building and transforming complex software systems.
Deep understanding of how distributed resilient software is built and deployed, solid experience with larger projects (large code bases), knowledge of cloud application security, performance and scalability.
Experience articulating strategic decisions and solutions.
Exceptional technical communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical issues to a technical or non-technical audience. Experience working across teams: deliver tech talks, contribute technologies used by multiple teams, leads cross-team efforts, presents new concepts to large audiences effectively.
Like to Have
Experience with Oracle Cloud technologies
Experience with Dropwizard framework
Experience owning and breaking down project initiatives
Disclaimer:
Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range: from $96,800 to $251,600 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
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:
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
Short term disability and long term disability
Life insurance and AD&D
Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
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.
11 paid holidays
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.
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Financial planning and group legal
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.
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