Senior Director, Core Infrastructure Engineering
About The Position
OCI’s AI Infrastructure organization is building and operating systems for provisioning, repair, monitoring, maintenance, configuration, and validation of GPU clusters. These systems manage GPU and high-speed backend NIC firmware and automate validation of GPU servers. They build GPU specialization on top of the general compute data plane to deliver high-performing, highly available offerings. The Senior Director will lead the software development organization responsible for building and operating these systems, collaborating with major AI industry players on systems operating at exceptional speed, scale, and reliability. The role calls for a systems specialist with exposure to low-level drivers and firmware, knowledge of repair systems, and the ability to architect broad system interactions while remaining hands-on across the stack and lower-level system interactions. The successful candidate values simplicity and scale, works comfortably in a collaborative, agile environment, and is eager to learn.
Requirements
- MS or BS in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
- At least 5 years of experience managing Software Engineering teams.
- At least 12 years of software engineering experience.
- Strong communication, analytical, and project management skills.
Nice To Haves
- 7–10+ years of experience delivering and operating large-scale, highly available systems, with exposure to low-level drivers, firmware, and systems debugging.
- Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems fundamentals.
- Working familiarity with networking protocols such as TCP/IP and HTTP, and standard network architectures.
- Strong experience and detailed technical knowledge in high-performance computing and GPU systems.
- Systems expertise, knowledge of repair systems, ability to architect broad system interactions, and hands-on experience across the stack and lower-level system interactions.
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership, direction, and strategy.
- Establish and develop an organization to meet and execute on strategy.
- Work with geographically distributed teams and contribute to the success of those and related teams.
- Deliver large-scale projects on time and with high quality.
- Lead the software development organization building and operating provisioning, repair, monitoring, maintenance, configuration, and validation systems for GPU clusters.
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 for employees, spouses, and children.
- Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits.
- 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match.
- Flexible or accrued paid vacation, depending on eligibility and position.
- 11 paid holidays.
- Paid sick leave.
- Paid parental leave.
- Adoption assistance.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Financial planning and group legal benefits.
- Voluntary auto, homeowner, and pet insurance.
- The role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
- Flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
