Director, Core Infrastructure Software Engineering

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the engineering organization responsible for Fleet Management and workload orchestration within the OCI Networking Data Plane organization.
• Define and execute the engineering strategy and roadmap for the platform that manages the lifecycle of OCI Networking fleets, including workload placement, deployment automation, capacity expansion, and infrastructure orchestration.
• Build standardized platform capabilities that simplify how OCI Networking services are deployed, operated, and scaled across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
• Own organizational planning, execution, staffing, and delivery across multiple strategic initiatives while balancing customer commitments, operational excellence, and long-term platform investments.
• Drive engineering effectiveness through modern software engineering practices, automation, AI-enabled engineering, CI/CD, and developer tooling.
• Provide technical leadership by guiding architecture, establishing engineering standards, mentoring engineering managers and technical leaders, and raising the engineering bar.
• Deliver reliable, scalable, and observable platform services with a strong focus on operational excellence, automation, and reliability engineering.
• Partner across OCI Networking and OCI Infrastructure organizations to align roadmaps, influence platform strategy, and deliver foundational cloud capabilities.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or platform services, including experience leading high-performing software engineering organizations.
• Strong technical background in distributed systems, cloud platforms, infrastructure orchestration, deployment automation, fleet management, workload scheduling, or networking infrastructure.
• Proven experience defining technical strategy and delivering complex, mission-critical platforms through cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong computer science fundamentals, including distributed systems, concurrency, software architecture, and system design.
• Experience building and operating reliable, production-grade services with a strong focus on scalability, automation, operational excellence, and customer experience.
• Demonstrated success improving engineering effectiveness through modern software engineering practices, automation, CI/CD, and developer tooling.
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.