Software Development Manager

Oracle; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 113,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Short/Long‑term disability

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a Software Development Manager for its Compute Control Plane team in the OCI organization. The role is based in Nashville, TN, focusing on metering and power management, driving strategy, delivery, and high‑quality engineering norms.

You will lead an engineering organization, shape the tech roadmap, and mentor a team to deliver scalable, automated solutions while maintaining strong cross‑functional collaboration with leadership and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in engineering teams with 6–10 years.
• Strong background in software development, cloud tech, and automation.
• Ability to execute strategic and operational roadmaps.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; cross‑functional collaboration.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degrees or PM certs preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high‑performing engineering organization.
• Oversee architecture, delivery, debugging, and enhancements.
• Contribute to technology roadmap and operational strategies.
• Build on‑call and incident management processes for reliability.
• Hire and mentor talent, promoting a culture of growth.

Skills

Leadership

Technical Proficiency

Execution

Communication

Education

Passion for Excellence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Job description

Job Description

The Compute Control Plane team in Oracle’s Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) organization is seeking a Software Development Manager to join our fast growing team in Nashville!

The OCI Compute Control Plane team is at the center of many of OCI’s most critical business goals. We are challenged with scaling our services to meet growing demand, delivering critical features for our customers to help them manage their Compute instances, and delivering support for new HW platforms. We support both Bare Metal and Virtual machine instances across a diverse fleet of HW, including clustered GPU platforms. In addition, our customers demand high availability and security from our Cloud. We need a leader who can thrive in ambiguity, make data-driven decisions, and think critically about how to solve complex problems. We seek someone who can inspire others, and explain the “why” behind every project and every priority call.

This role will have focus areas in our Compute metering and also power management spaces. The role will involve contributing to the strategic vision, setting near-term roadmap items, executing on delivery in an efficient manner, cultivating a culture of high standards for quality and delivery, and growing the team. The successful hire will have a passion for automation, solving complex problems, and working in a high-impact, fast-paced environment.

This is a highly visible and impactful role based in Nashville, TN. You will be co-located with key leadership to maximize collaboration, accelerate delivery, and support OCI’s strategic growth initiatives.

Responsibilities

Organizational Leadership : Lead, inspire, and develop a high-performing engineering organization, ensuring the professional growth of engineers.

• Architecture & Delivery : 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.

• Strategy & Roadmap : Contribute to the definition of the technology roadmap and operational strategies for compute metering and power management, ensuring alignment with OCI’s priorities.

• Operational Excellence: 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.

• Communication : Articulate project outcomes to leadership and stakeholders, ensuring understanding, support, and alignment.

• Hiring and Talent Development : Responsible for hiring plans and attainment of hiring goals. Lead by example in identifying and nurturing talent, conducting career development conversations, and promoting a culture of continuous learning and advancement.

Qualifications:

• Leadership Experience : 6-10 years of engineering experience, including 0-2 years as a people manager.

• Technical Proficiency : Strong, hands-on technical background, with knowledge of software development, cloud technologies, infrastructure automation, and cloud compute systems.

• Execution : Proven ability to execute on strategic and operational roadmaps for technical organizations.

• Communication and Collaboration : Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. Demonstrated ability to 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 : Demonstrated drive to create and lead world‑class engineering teams and the mindset to foster excellence.

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: $112,800 to $264,100 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.

Career Level – M2

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