Senior Director, Software Development

About the role

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Networking is the foundation that enables customers to run mission-critical workloads at global cloud scale. We're rearchitecting OCI's virtual network control and management systems from the ground up to support the next generation of networking services. This is a unique opportunity to influence the architecture of one of the world's largest cloud networking platforms.

Our team develops the core infrastructure that powers OCI Networking's control plane, solving complex challenges in managing network configuration at cloud scale. You'll collaborate across OCI Networking and Infrastructure teams to shape the future of OCI Networking.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, direction, and strategy to an organization through managers and technical leads.
• Establish and develop the organization to meet and execute on strategy.
• Partner across OCI organizations to build reliable, scalable, and operable cloud infrastructure.
• Deliver large-scale projects on-time with high quality.
• Drive cross-organization projects across OCI Core Infrastructure.

You should value simplicity and scale, thrive in a collaborative environment, and enjoy solving challenging distributed systems problems.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience leading teams building and operating highly available, production-grade large-scale distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.
• Familiarity with networking fundamentals and configuration management is highly desirable.
• Experience driving modern software development and deployment practices - CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and deployment workflows for large-scale distributed systems.
• Demonstrated org leadership, including defining and driving organizational goals, managing managers, mentoring for growth, and leading cross-org initiatives.
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 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 for salaried employees; accrued vacation for others (13 days annually for first three years, 18 days annually thereafter, prorated for part-time)
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours upon hire, refreshes annually, carries over up to 112 hours
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal services
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance

Pay

Hiring range in USD: $193,600 - $414,400 per year. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.