Software Development Director

Job Description This role involves providing technical leadership for OCI compute control plane services, with a focus on Imaging and Container Registry. You will lead a technical team that develops and delivers distributed systems that are multi-tenant, highly available, and horizontally scalable across OCI regions, while driving operational excellence and cross‑team technical alignment. Responsibilities Lead architecture, design, and operate distributed, highly available, and resilient systems for multi‑tenant, horizontally scalable, and cost‑efficient architectures that deliver consistent latency, throughput, and durability across OCI regions.

Collaborate cross‑functionally with Compute, Storage, Networking, OKE and functions to deliver new platform features focusing on Imaging, Container Registry Services, enforce secure‑by‑default designs, and improve overall services reliability. Drive operational excellence by owning service‑level objectives (availability, latency, durability) and reducing toil through automation, observability, and self‑healing mechanisms. Own the full service lifecycle from design and implementation to deployment, on‑call, and continuous improvement — maintaining high code and reliability standards.

Define and drive the roadmap for OCI Imaging, Container Registry Services. Partner with product management and field teams to translate customer needs into roadmap priorities for Oracle Imaging & Container Registry Services. Contribute to the broader Compute vision, influencing how Oracle’s Imaging & Container Registry Services evolve to support mission‑critical workloads globally.

As a Director of the Software Engineering division, you will apply your extensive knowledge of software architecture to manage software development tasks associated with developing, debugging or designing software applications, operating systems and databases according to provided design specifications. Build enhancements within an existing software architecture and envision future improvements to the architecture. You will lead multiple customer‑facing services within OCI and drive innovation and continuous improvements by partnering with stakeholders.

Qualifications 7+ years of senior software engineering leadership or related experience. Strong communication and analytical skills along with a thorough understanding of product development. Demonstrated leadership and people management skills.

Proven at building and managing distributed/cloud software engineering solutions. Demonstrated ability to: Develop short, medium, and long‑term plans to achieve strategic objectives. Interact across functional areas with senior management or executives to ensure unit objectives are met.

Influence thinking and gain acceptance from others in sensitive situations. BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. Salary & Benefits US: Hiring Range in USD from: $122,500 - $291,800 per year.

May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral. 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 is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non‑overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits.

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 Equal Opportunity Employer 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. Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client‑facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements. #J-18808-Ljbffr