Director, Platform Software Engineering

Oracle•Seattle, WA

8d•$122,500 - $355,400

About The Position

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) provides integrated cloud services in a distributed, multi-tenant environment. The Identity and Access Management (IAM) team designs and builds core services for internal and external customers. This role leads engineering execution for the Identity Service, a critical OCI authentication data-plane service supporting the OCI Console and Identity Platform. Its capabilities include native authentication, federated identity providers, Single Sign-On (SSO), OpenID Connect (OIDC), OAuth2 flows, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and secure session management at Oracle Cloud scale. The Director will lead the development of a globally distributed service delivering highly available, secure, and scalable authentication experiences for millions of enterprise users. The role works closely with product management, architecture, cloud operations, security, and cross-functional engineering teams. It combines software engineering leadership, distributed-systems and platform-development expertise, Agile delivery, team mentoring, feature design, and tactical execution. The team’s major challenges include improving reliability and performance, scaling to traffic many orders of magnitude greater than current capacity, and designing systems that can withstand regional data-center outages. The role calls for operational excellence, proactive anomaly detection and root-cause analysis, sound tradeoffs, effective communication, and crisp execution. The position is based in the OCI India Development Center, as stated in the team leadership responsibilities.

Requirements

At least 12 years of software-development experience; alternatively, the posting specifies qualifying combinations of a relevant degree and software-development experience: 8 years with a relevant bachelor's or B.Tech, 6 years with a relevant master's or M.Tech, or 4 years with a relevant doctorate.
At least 8 years of experience with programming and/or scripting languages such as Java, C++, C#, or Python.
Experience with distributed systems, including designing major features, launching them into production, and operating high-scale services.
Experience improving service resilience and working independently on most projects and tasks.
Relevant degree fields listed include computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, electrical/electronics engineering, computer information systems, information systems, information technology, telecommunications, mathematics, or physics.
Ability to lead engineering execution and provide technical guidance on architecture, scalability, performance, and reliability.

Nice To Haves

13 years of software-development experience; alternatively, the posting specifies qualifying combinations of a relevant degree and software-development experience: 9 years with a relevant bachelor's or B.Tech, 7 years with a relevant master's or M.Tech, or 5 years with a relevant doctorate.
A relevant degree including Business Administration is listed among the preferred education alternatives.
4 years of experience in a technical lead role with direct reports.
3 years of experience working with operating budgets and/or project financials.
4 years of experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google, or Oracle Cloud.
Experience leading distributed-systems and platform-development teams, Agile delivery, and scalable engineering processes.
Experience with IAM or authentication technologies, including federated identity, SSO, OIDC, OAuth2, MFA, and secure session management.

Responsibilities

Partner with organizational leaders to shape product direction.
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers in the OCI India Development Center.
Drive the design, development, and delivery of scalable, reliable software services and frameworks.
Establish engineering best practices and promote quality, accountability, and operational excellence.
Collaborate with product managers, architects, cloud operations, and security teams to define and execute technical strategy.
Balance speed, quality, and innovation through iterative, incremental delivery practices.
Provide technical leadership and strategic guidance on architecture, scalability, performance, and reliability.
Manage project priorities, resource planning, execution timelines, and stakeholder communication.
Build an inclusive, high-performing engineering culture focused on continuous learning and career growth.
Proactively identify risks, improve processes, and ensure system reliability at scale.
Own feature design and drive tactical execution of features and projects.
Identify anomalies and root-cause problems proactively, including issues that have not triggered alarms.