Director software development - applications

Job Description

At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we’re pushing the boundaries of how enterprise software gets built. Our AI Applications org is creating the next generation of intelligent, agentic systems—platforms where users across functions interact with AI agents for reasoning, automation, and insight.

As Senior Director of Engineering (M5) , you will lead and grow multiple engineering teams across our Agentic AI Applications domain (e.g., Oracle Chat). You will define architectural vision, set strategic direction, and ensure we deliver high-impact, reliable systems at scale. You will partner with product, research, and operational leaders to bring new AI capabilities into enterprise workflows.

You will have your fingerprints on the architecture while elevating the organization in technical excellence, operational rigor, and cross-team alignment.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with substantial time in leadership roles.
• Proven track record managing multiple engineering teams and delivering enterprise-scale systems.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native architectures, system reliability, operational excellence, and performance engineering.
• Demonstrated ability to influence architecture and strategy across functions and organizations.
• Experience mentoring and developing managers and engineering leaders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience leading AI product or platform organizations.
• Familiarity with LLM and agent frameworks (e.g. (e.g. orchestrating LLMs, multi-agent systems, agentic orchestration, retrieval, memory infrastructures).
• Publication, open-source contributions, or recognized technical leadership in the AI/ML community.

Responsibilities

• Define the engineering roadmap and technical vision for enterprise AI product suites (e.g. Oracle Chat), aligned to business and research goals.
• Lead through Directors (M4) and Senior Managers (M3), empowering them to deliver high-quality technical execution.
• Oversee architecture, system reliability, performance, and scalability across agentic AI services.
• Foster culture of accountability, engineering best practices, operational readiness, and continuous improvement.
• Align with applied scientists and product leadership to translate new AI innovations into production-grade capabilities.
• Manage cross-functional dependencies and ensure timely delivery of complex projects that span multiple teams and domains.
• Mentor technical leads and senior engineers, growing leadership capabilities across the org.
• Partner with stakeholders to balance innovation speed, product quality, and business impact.

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: $141,200 - $338,500 per year. 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:

• 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

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - M5

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