Senior Manager, AI Agent / ML Engineering

Socket.dev; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Flexible medical

Retirement options

Life insurance

Volunteer programs

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a Senior Manager to lead a team of engineers and to serve as a hands-on technical leader. You will define, build, and operate next‑generation AI systems on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), setting the architecture and engineering direction for production‑grade agentic platforms and scalable AI workflows.

You will hire, mentor, and drive delivery across multiple orgs, while remaining actively involved in system design, prototyping, coding, and incident follow‑ups.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering teams in complex distributed systems.
• Hands-on software engineering experience with AI systems.
• Ability to translate ambiguous product goals into technical strategy.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers focused on defining, building, and operating AI systems on OCI.
• Drive architecture, planning, and delivery for AI agents, memory, and pipelines.
• Mentor engineers, manage performance, and ensure operational excellence.

Job description

The Senior Manager will lead a team of engineers while serving as a hands‑on technical leader responsible for defining, building, and operating next‑generation AI systems on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). This leader will set the architecture and engineering direction for production‑grade agentic AI platforms, autonomous workflows, scalable inference infrastructure, and enterprise AI applications used in large‑scale, business‑critical environments.

This role requires an experienced engineering manager who can build and develop high‑performing teams, translate ambiguous product and platform goals into a durable technical strategy, and drive execution across multiple organizations. The successful candidate will be accountable for hiring, mentoring, performance management, technical planning, and delivery, while remaining actively involved in system design, prototyping, coding, code reviews, operational readiness, and incident follow‑up.

The ideal candidate combines deep distributed‑systems expertise with practical, hands‑on experience building AI agents and AI‑native applications. This includes developing and orchestrating LLM‑based agents, tools, APIs, memory systems, retrieval pipelines, evaluations, guardrails, and cloud‑service integrations. The candidate should be comfortable writing production code, debugging complex systems, and guiding engineers through difficult architectural and implementation decisions.

The expectation is to lead the team in shipping, scaling, and operating reliable, secure, observable, and cost‑efficient AI systems, while raising both the engineering and management bar across the organization. This leader will establish strong execution practices, promote operational excellence, and ensure the team delivers measurable business and customer outcomes.

Only Oracle brings together the data, infrastructure, applications, and expertise to power everything from industry innovations to life‑saving care. And with AI embedded across our products and services, we help customers turn that promise into a better future for all. Discover your potential at a company leading the way in AI and cloud solutions that impact billions of lives.

True innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That’s why we’re committed to growing a workforce that promotes opportunities for all with competitive benefits that support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.

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