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Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer

Oracle • Reading, Berkshire

Salary

£82k – £82k

Posted

23 October 2026

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Oracle is hiring a Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer in Reading, a it role. The advertised salary is £82k – £82k. Oracle holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Job Description Drives cross-group platform initiatives (e.g., identity, config, API gateways) with significant impact on reliability, performance, and compliance across the group. Anticipates and resolves ambiguous distributed-systems problems; sets compatibility and deprecation strategies to minimize downstream risk. Establishes shared observability frameworks, SLOs, and capacity models used by multiple teams. Defines architectural guardrails, security controls, and reference implementations …

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: Oracle — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £82k – £82k
How this salary compares: about 42% above the £57,569 median across 1,033 it roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Reading, Berkshire
Similar roles nearby: 10 other live it roles in Reading — browse them
Posted: 23 October 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

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