Software Development Senior Manager (OCI)

Job Description Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is redefining the cloud for the world’s largest enterprises. We operate with the agility and innovation of a startup while delivering the scale, security, and reliability expected from one of the world’s leading technology companies. OCI powers mission‑critical workloads for customers globally, offering a comprehensive cloud platform built for high performance, distributed systems, and enterprise‑grade reliability.

Our engineering culture is grounded in OCI Values — emphasizing integrity, inclusion, innovation, customer focus, and operational excellence. We invest deeply in our people and foster an environment where diverse perspectives, collaboration, ownership, and continuous learning drive breakthrough results. At OCI, you’ll work alongside exceptional engineers solving some of the most complex distributed systems challenges at cloud scale.

Who We’re Looking For We are seeking an experienced engineering leader with a strong background in distributed systems and cloud infrastructure. You have successfully built and operated highly scalable services, led high‑performing engineering teams, and delivered complex systems from architecture through production operations. You thrive in environments where reliability, scalability, and operational excellence are critical.

You understand how to balance long‑term architectural investments with fast‑paced execution and iterative delivery. You are passionate about building strong engineering cultures, simplifying complex systems, and enabling teams to move quickly while maintaining high quality. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong people leadership and a customer‑first mindset.

Responsibilities Lead and grow a high‑performing software engineering team responsible for OCI services. Own the delivery, availability, scalability, and operational excellence of mission‑critical OCI services. Drive technical strategy, architecture decisions, and execution for distributed cloud services operating at massive scale.

Partner across OCI organizations to deliver foundational platform capabilities supporting customer growth and cloud expansion. Establish engineering best practices around service reliability, automation, observability, and operational readiness. Mentor and develop engineering managers and senior engineers through coaching, performance management, and career development.

Manage roadmap planning, prioritization, execution, and cross‑functional coordination. Lead teams operating large‑scale, highly available systems with a strong focus on resiliency, fault tolerance, and performance optimization. Champion Agile development methodologies and foster a culture of continuous improvement and operational ownership.

Participate in incident management, customer escalations, and operational reviews as needed. Key Challenges Designing systems capable of handling exponentially increasing traffic and service growth. Improving scalability, availability, and performance of globally distributed services.

Building resilient systems that can withstand regional outages and dependency failures. Balancing rapid feature delivery with long‑term platform sustainability. Driving architectural simplification while maintaining operational excellence.

Enabling OCI service teams and customers to scale seamlessly and securely. Location & Relocation This team is targeting candidates in the U.S. who can work on‑site in Nashville, TN (priority location) with Austin, TX and Seattle, WA as secondary locations. Relocation assistance is provided. (This is NOT a remote position).

Minimum Qualifications BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience. 5+ years of engineering management experience leading software development teams. 7+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large‑scale distributed systems. Strong experience with Java, Go, C++, or C, along with scripting languages such as Python. Deep understanding of distributed systems, scalability, networking, operating systems, and service‑oriented architectures.

Experience building and operating highly available, cloud‑native services. Strong knowledge of databases, storage systems, and distributed persistence technologies. Experience driving operational excellence, observability, performance tuning, and incident response.

Proven ability to recruit, grow, and retain high‑performing engineering teams. Preferred Qualifications Experience developing and operating services on public cloud platforms such as OCI, AWS, Azure, or GCP. Experience building multi‑tenant infrastructure platforms or cloud control plane services.

Familiarity with large‑scale quota management, resource governance, or capacity management systems. Experience leading teams responsible for mission‑critical infrastructure services. Salary & Benefits US: Hiring Range in USD from: $118,300 – $306,400 per year.

May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral. Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package including: 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 provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried position. Accrued vacation provided to other eligible employees.

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. Career Level M3 Equal Employment Opportunity Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law. #J-18808-Ljbffr