Software Development Snr Manager at Oracle in Santa Clara, CA

Software Development Snr Manager

Location: Santa Clara, CA, United States

At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we are building the next generation of cloud services that power mission-critical workloads for customers around the world. OCI combines the speed, ownership, and innovation of a startup with the scale, reliability, and customer focus of one of the world’s leading technology companies.

Cloud Hardware Support (CHS) plays a critical role in maintaining the health, reliability, and growth of OCI’s global data center infrastructure. As OCI continues to expand, CHS is investing in modern software platforms that make data center support operations more efficient, more automated, and more data-driven.

We are seeking a Senior Manager of Software Development to lead teams responsible for designing, building, and operating software systems that support OCI data center operations at cloud scale. These systems help unify operational workflows, guide repair execution, automate manual processes, improve inventory and task visibility, and provide analytics that enable better decision-making across large-scale infrastructure environments.

In this role, you will lead software development teams building cloud-native services, internal platforms, workflow systems, user experiences, and analytics capabilities that support data center growth and operational excellence. You will own delivery, architecture, reliability, and operational health across multiple software areas while developing strong engineering leaders and technical talent.

The ideal candidate is an experienced engineering leader with a strong background in distributed systems, cloud services, operational platforms, and people leadership. You are comfortable operating in ambiguous, high-scale environments, driving technical strategy, building durable teams, and partnering across engineering, product, operations, and infrastructure organizations to deliver measurable business impact.

This is an opportunity to lead teams building software that directly improves how OCI supports global data center infrastructure, reduces operational friction, increases automation, and enables OCI to scale efficiently.

As a Senior Manager of Software Development for CHS, you will lead engineering teams responsible for software platforms that support OCI data center operations and hardware support workflows.

Key responsibilities include:

Lead, grow, and develop high-performing software engineering teams responsible for cloud-scale operational platforms.

Own the design, delivery, reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of software services used to support OCI data center operations.

Drive technical strategy and execution across systems that support task management, workflow automation, guided procedures, inventory integration, operational analytics, and collaboration.

Partner with product managers, technical program managers, operations leaders, and engineering stakeholders to define roadmaps, prioritize investments, and deliver high-impact software.

Build platforms that simplify complex operational workflows and reduce manual, repetitive, or error-prone work for data center teams.

Establish strong engineering practices around architecture, service ownership, observability, testing, deployment, security, incident response, and operational readiness.

Lead teams through the full software lifecycle, including requirements definition, technical design, implementation, launch, production operations, and continuous improvement.

Mentor and develop engineering managers, technical leads, and senior engineers through coaching, feedback, career development, and performance management.

Recruit, hire, and retain strong engineering talent while building a culture of ownership, inclusion, technical excellence, and customer focus.

Drive cross-functional alignment across complex technical and organizational boundaries, making clear trade-offs between speed, quality, reliability, and long-term maintainability.

Use metrics, analytics, and operational feedback to continuously improve software quality, system performance, user experience, and business outcomes.

Champion automation, scalable architecture, and data-driven decision-making as core mechanisms for supporting OCI’s continued infrastructure growth.

Participate in operational reviews, customer escalations, roadmap discussions, and technical deep dives as needed to ensure services meet high standards for availability and effectiveness.

Foster a culture where teams think boldly, execute with urgency, learn continuously, and build software that makes data center support simpler, faster, safer, and more reliable.

Minimum Job Qualifications

Education and/or Experience:
9 years of experience in software development OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development

Job Skills:
- Agile Methodologies: Demonstrated ability to use agile methodologies to drive continuous improvement and product delivery.
- Automation: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of automation, including designing, implementing, and managing automated tools, processes, or systems to streamline operations.
- Compliance: Demonstrated knowledge of and adherence to regulatory, legal, and organizational compliance requirements.
- Data Management: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of data management, including designing, operationalizing, securing, and monitoring data pipelines.
- Data Integration: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of data integration, including specifying and using services to load and manage data from various sources.
- Patent Innovation / Filing: Demonstrated ability to prepare, file, and manage patent applications for innovative products or technology.

Coding Experience:
6 years of experience with programming and/or scripting languages (e.g., SQL, C/C++, JavaScript).

Database Experience:
4 years of experience with databases.

People Leadership / Management Experience:
2 years of experience in a technical lead role with direct reports.

Budget Experience:
2 years of experience working with operating budgets and/or project financials.

Cloud Platforms Experience:
3 years of experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle Cloud).

Disclaimer:

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: $133,100 to $306,400 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.
As part of Oracle's onboarding process and consistent with applicable law, US-based employees are required to complete identity verification, which involves the collection and processing of their biometric information. Accommodations to this requirement may be granted following an individualized assessment.

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