Software Development Director

Oracle•Austin, TX

12h

About The Position

Manage a team that designs, develops AI solutions for OCI Networking. As a director of the software engineering team, you will be the owner for building AI applications powered by AI models. You will apply your knowledge of AI models, networking, data center infrastructure and network monitoring to manage software development tasks associated with developing, debugging or designing AI based applications to automate, optimize and secure networks. Interact with other service teams to come up with product roadmaps. Assists in the development of short, medium, and long term plans to achieve strategic objectives. Regularly interacts across functional areas with senior management or executives to ensure unit objectives are met. Ability to influence thinking or gain acceptance of others in sensitive situations. Demonstrated leadership and people management skills. Strong communication skills, analytical skills, thorough understanding of product development. BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. 10+ years of software engineering or related experience. At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we build the future of the cloud for Enterprises as a diverse team of fellow creators and inventors. We act with the speed and attitude of a start-up, with the scale and customer-focus of the leading enterprise software company in the world. Our organization is responsible for various virtual network services such as DNS, Firewall, Load Balancing and Cloud Connectivity. We are looking for an energetic, engaged, and technically strong Director of Software Development to lead the engineering teams for building AI based applications to automate the provisioning, qualifying and design of networks. You will lead the engineering team, work with architects to identify and deliver new features and drive the product roadmap. You should understand AI models and proficient in training these models, along with networking concepts and able to architect broad systems interactions. You should value simplicity and scale, work comfortably in a collaborative, agile environment, and be excited to learn. Candidate will be responsible for providing leadership, direction, and strategy. Establishing and developing the organization to meet and execute on strategy. Working with geographically distributed teams and contributing to the success of his/her and other related teams. Recruit and continue to build out a capable and cohesive engineering team. Delivering large scale project on-time with high quality. Values are OCI’s foundation and how we deliver excellence. We strive for equity, inclusion, and respect for all. We are committed to the greater good in our products and our actions. We are constantly learning and taking opportunities to grow our careers and ourselves. We challenge each other to stretch beyond our past to build our future. You are the builder here. You will be part of a team of really smart, motivated, and diverse people and given the autonomy and support to do your best work. It is a dynamic and flexible workplace where you’ll belong and be encouraged. Qualifications Disclaimer: Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates. Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only US: Hiring Range in USD from: $122,500 to $291,800 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral. Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity. Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following: 1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion 2. Short term disability and long term disability 3. Life insurance and AD&D 4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child) 5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts 6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits 7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match 8. 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. 9. 11 paid holidays 10. 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. 11. Paid parental leave 12. Adoption assistance 13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan 14. Financial planning and group legal 15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Requirements

10+ years of software engineering or related experience.
BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area.
Demonstrated leadership and people management skills.
Strong communication skills, analytical skills, thorough understanding of product development.
Understand AI models and proficient in training these models, along with networking concepts and able to architect broad systems interactions.
10+ years experience delivering and operating large scale, highly available distributed systems.
7+ years experience in people management. Preferably managing managers.
Proficient in AI Models and familiar with how to train the models.
Demonstrable success mentoring and growing junior engineers to senior levels.
Excellent verbal and written skills.
Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems fundamentals.
Working familiarity with networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP) and standard network architectures.

Nice To Haves

Experience building multi-tenant, virtualized infrastructure is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

Manage a team that designs, develops AI solutions for OCI Networking.
Apply your knowledge of AI models, networking, data center infrastructure and network monitoring to manage software development tasks associated with developing, debugging or designing AI based applications to automate, optimize and secure networks.
Interact with other service teams to come up with product roadmaps.
Assist in the development of short, medium, and long term plans to achieve strategic objectives.
Regularly interacts across functional areas with senior management or executives to ensure unit objectives are met.
Lead the engineering team, work with architects to identify and deliver new features and drive the product roadmap.
Provide leadership, direction, and strategy.
Establish and develop the organization to meet and execute on strategy.
Work with geographically distributed teams and contributing to the success of his/her and other related teams.
Recruit and continue to build out a capable and cohesive engineering team.
Delivering large scale project on-time with high quality.

Benefits

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