Software Development Manager

Oracle Oracle · Enterprise · Nashville, TN +1

Software Development Manager for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Compute Control Plane team. Focus on scaling services, delivering critical features for compute instance management, and supporting new hardware platforms, including clustered GPU platforms. Responsibilities include organizational leadership, architecture and delivery oversight, strategy and roadmap contribution for compute metering and power management, operational excellence, and hiring/talent development. Requires strong technical background in software development, cloud technologies, and infrastructure automation.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead, inspire, and develop a high-performing engineering organization, ensuring the professional growth of engineers.
  2. Oversee software architecture, development, debugging, and enhancement activities in line with design specifications and business requirements. Advocate for and drive improvements within existing architectures, guiding your team in delivering resilient, automated, and scalable solutions. Set clear, measurable goals; monitor progress and hold teams accountable for achieving key deliverables at high quality.
  3. Contribute to the definition of the technology roadmap and operational strategies for compute metering and power management, ensuring alignment with OCI’s priorities.
  4. Build and maintain operational support structure for your services, including on-call rotations. Lead operational incidents to resolution as necessary. Deliver post-mortem analysis for operational incidents and drive necessary improvements in process and services to improve availability as a result.
  5. Articulate project outcomes to leadership and stakeholders, ensuring understanding, support, and alignment.

Skills

Required

  • 6-10 years engineering experience
  • 0-2 years as a people manager
  • Strong, hands-on technical background
  • knowledge of software development
  • cloud technologies
  • infrastructure automation
  • cloud compute systems
  • Proven ability to execute on strategic and operational roadmaps for technical organizations
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate well with cross-functional teams
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Nice to have

  • Advanced degrees or relevant certifications in project/program management

What the JD emphasized

  • critical business goals
  • scaling our services
  • delivering critical features
  • new HW platforms
  • clustered GPU platforms
  • high availability
  • security
  • thrive in ambiguity
  • make data-driven decisions
  • think critically
  • solve complex problems
  • inspire others
  • explain the “why”
  • Compute metering
  • power management spaces
  • strategic vision
  • near-term roadmap items
  • executing on delivery
  • efficient manner
  • cultivating a culture of high standards
  • quality and delivery
  • growing the team
  • passion for automation
  • solving complex problems
  • high-impact
  • fast-paced environment
  • highly visible
  • impactful role
  • co-located with key leadership
  • maximize collaboration
  • accelerate delivery
  • support OCI’s strategic growth initiatives
  • onsite in our downtown Nashville offices
  • Oracle is now 5 days in the office
  • Organizational Leadership
  • high-performing engineering organization
  • professional growth
  • Architecture & Delivery
  • software architecture
  • development
  • debugging
  • enhancement activities
  • design specifications
  • business requirements
  • Advocate for and drive improvements
  • existing architectures
  • resilient
  • automated
  • scalable solutions
  • Set clear, measurable goals
  • monitor progress
  • hold teams accountable
  • key deliverables
  • high quality
  • Strategy & Roadmap
  • definition of the technology roadmap
  • operational strategies
  • compute metering
  • power management
  • alignment with OCI’s priorities
  • Operational Excellence
  • operational support structure
  • on-call rotations
  • Lead operational incidents to resolution
  • post-mortem analysis
  • operational incidents
  • drive necessary improvements
  • process and services
  • improve availability
  • Communication
  • Articulate project outcomes
  • leadership and stakeholders
  • understanding
  • support
  • alignment
  • Hiring and Talent Development
  • hiring plans
  • attainment of hiring goals
  • Lead by example
  • identifying and nurturing talent
  • career development conversations
  • promoting a culture of continuous learning and advancement
  • Leadership Experience
  • engineering experience
  • people manager
  • Technical Proficiency
  • hands-on technical background
  • software development
  • cloud technologies
  • infrastructure automation
  • cloud compute systems
  • Execution
  • execute on strategic and operational roadmaps
  • technical organizations
  • Communication and Collaboration
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
  • collaborate well with cross-functional teams
  • Education
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field required
  • Advanced degrees or relevant certifications in project/program management preferred
  • Passion for Excellence
  • create and lead world-class engineering teams
  • mindset to foster excellence
  • 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.
  • Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
  • US: Hiring Range in USD from: $109,200 to $223,400 per annum
  • May be eligible for bonus and equity
  • 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:
  • 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. Refreshe