How to hire an oracle senior developer

How to hire an oracle senior developer, step by step

Here's a step-by-step oracle senior developer hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write an oracle senior developer job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new oracle senior developer
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   First, determine the employments status of the oracle senior developer you need to hire. Certain oracle senior developer roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

   Determine employee vs contractor status

   Is the person you're thinking of hiring a US citizen or green card holder?

   Yes

   No

   You should also consider the ideal background you'd like them an oracle senior developer to have before you start to hire. For example, what industry or field would you like them to have experience in, what level of seniority or education does the job require, and how much it'll cost to hire an oracle senior developer that fits the bill.

   This list presents oracle senior developer salaries for various positions.

   Type of Oracle Senior Developer	Description	Hourly rate
   Oracle Senior Developer	Software developers are the creative minds behind computer programs. Some develop the applications that allow people to do specific tasks on a computer or another device... Show more	$41-70
   Developer Analyst	A developer analyst is a professional who is responsible for building application requirements and develops database solutions that allow operational efficiency and user-friendly tools. Developer analysts are required to develop a detailed definition of business solutions that can include database design, data flow, and transaction processing requirements... Show more	$30-54
   Informatica ETL Developer	An Informatica ETL Developer is responsible for developing, enhancing, debugging, maintaining, and testing software applications that support business units of an organization. They also maintain warehouse metadata and standards for future application development.	$33-54

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Java
   • Database Objects
   • PL/SQL
   • SQL Navigator
   • Unix
   • Toad
   • ETL
   • Pl/Sql Packages
   • Oracle Ebs
   • SQL Loader
   • BI
   • Lifecycle Management
   • XML
   • Oracle Forms

   Check all skills

   Responsibilities:

   • Create and manage new BackOffice and FrontOffice processes, running in OLTP base environment.
   • Coordinate with the team of java developers to accomplish complex financial calculations.
   • Develop PL/SQL packages, procedures, functions, SQL queries to assist in JAVA coding according to application requirements.
   • Work on loading data into the database using PL/SQL and SQL loader calling UNIX scripts to download and manipulate files.
   • Develop SSRS reports and SSIS packages for an internal system design for a self-insure health care company.
   • Work in the Linux environment to compile code and place into client directory.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in the oracle senior developer job description is a good way to get more applicants. An oracle senior developer salary can be affected by several factors, such as the location of the job, the level of experience, education, certifications, and the employer's prestige.

   For example, the average salary for an oracle senior developer in Montana may be lower than in Washington, and an entry-level engineer typically earns less than a senior-level oracle senior developer. Additionally, an oracle senior developer with lots of experience in the field may command a higher salary as a result.

   Average oracle senior developer salary

   $113,646yearly

   $54.64 hourly rate

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   Entry-level oracle senior developer salary

   $87,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 14, 2025

   Average oracle senior developer salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$140,420	$68
   2	Washington	$133,168	$64
   3	Virginia	$118,648	$57
   4	New Jersey	$116,005	$56
   5	New York	$115,389	$55
   6	North Carolina	$111,161	$53
   7	Mississippi	$111,032	$53
   8	District of Columbia	$110,956	$53
   9	Connecticut	$110,742	$53
   10	Florida	$109,553	$53
   11	Delaware	$108,522	$52
   12	Texas	$106,754	$51
   13	Maryland	$106,686	$51
   14	Massachusetts	$106,031	$51
   15	Ohio	$103,314	$50
   16	Michigan	$103,100	$50
   17	Illinois	$102,820	$49
   18	Georgia	$102,545	$49
   19	Nebraska	$101,798	$49
   20	Tennessee	$100,051	$48

   Average oracle senior developer salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Blue Apron	$154,848	$74.45
   2	Gap Inc.	$144,310	$69.38	1
   3	Cheniere Energy	$142,985	$68.74
   4	Activision Blizzard	$139,275	$66.96	3
   5	LinkedIn	$138,830	$66.75	11
   6	Zynga	$137,007	$65.87	5
   7	SPARC	$135,643	$65.21	6
   8	MUFG EMEA	$132,295	$63.60
   9	Cantor Fitzgerald	$131,866	$63.40
   10	SonicWall	$131,564	$63.25
   11	Bed Bath & Beyond	$130,370	$62.68
   12	MasterBrand Cabinets	$129,681	$62.35	1
   13	Sungard Availability Services	$129,619	$62.32
   14	RH	$129,117	$62.08	3
   15	BGC Partners	$127,959	$61.52
   16	Blue Nile	$127,622	$61.36
   17	ViewSonic	$127,400	$61.25
   18	Credit Suisse	$126,459	$60.80
   19	Herbalife Nutrition	$125,521	$60.35	7
   20	Cartus	$124,428	$59.82

4. Writing an oracle senior developer job description

   An oracle senior developer job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. To help get you started, here's an example of an oracle senior developer job description:

   Oracle senior developer job description example

   Advance your career with the leading provider of corporate governance and responsible investment solutions. Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) empowers investors and companies to build sustainable financial and social value by providing high quality data, analytics, and insight. Our clients rely on ISS' expertise and capital stewardship to help them make informed investment decisions, and our people are equally passionate about positively impacting the communities where we live and work. If you want to be a part of an exciting work culture that values innovation, collaboration, and provides you with the support you need to make a difference, we'd love to hear from you! Join our team at ISS!
   Senior Oracle Developer
   Purpose, mastery and autonomy! We provide all three at ISS where we are building state of the art voting and analytical platforms, to help shareholder make key corporate decisions around the world. We're looking for an Oracle developer to design, develop and enhance large Oracle databases, data processing/ETL jobs, and data interfaces for applications. If this sounds like you, please come join our elite team of engineers.
   
   Here's what you'll be doing:
   Working with business teams to understand requirements and estimate development effort.Designing the databases for highly scalable applications that manipulate large datasets in seconds Enhance our databases and SQL code to improve application stability, performance, and scalability.Participating in all phases of software development life cycle including - requirements analysis, effort estimation, design, development, unit testing, release, and support.
   
   Here's what you need:
   Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.5-15 years of experience with Oracle including schema design, and PL/SQL programming.Strong core Oracle skills with proficiency in designing indexes, triggers, partitions etc.Experience using PL/SQL to develop client/server module-based web applications Experience developing/enhancing batch jobs processing millions of transactions per hour.Excellent Performance tuning experience Experience of query plan analysis & optimization using Oracle Enterprise Management.Experience designing, enhancing, and supporting large databases with terra bytes of data.Strong communication, analytical and problem-solving skills Ability to work well in a team environment
   
   And for bonus points:
   Experience with Agile development.Experience with ETL.Experience with SQL Server.Experience with Eclipse and SVN
   #LI-JB1 #IT #MIDSENIOR
   
   ISS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with the Veteran and Disability Acts.

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5. Post your job

   There are various strategies that you can use to find the right oracle senior developer for your business:

   • Consider promoting from within or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to find candidates who meet your education requirements.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your oracle senior developer job on Zippia to find and recruit oracle senior developer candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting oracle senior developers requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   If your interviews with oracle senior developer applicants aren't enough to make a decision, you should also consider including a test project. These are often the best, most straightforward, and least bias-prone ways of determining who will likely succeed in the role. If you don't know how to design an appropriate test, you can ask someone else on the team to create it or take a look at these websites to get a few ideas:

   • TestDome
   • CodeSignal
   • Testlify
   • BarRaiser
   • Coderbyte

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new oracle senior developer

   Once you've selected the best oracle senior developer candidate for the job, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, this letter should include details about the benefits and perks you offer the candidate. Ensuring that your offer is competitive is essential, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and you should be open to discussion. After you reach an agreement, the final step is formalizing the agreement with a contract.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   To prepare for the new oracle senior developer first day, you should share an onboarding schedule with them that covers their first period on the job. You should also quickly complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Finally, Human Resources must ensure a new employee file is created for internal record keeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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