Director of Software Development, Oracle Database Appliance (ODA)

Director of Software Development, Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) 

As a director of the software development for the Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) engineered system, you will be responsible for managing a world-wide development organization that delivers an integrated solution of software, compute, networking, and storage optimized and engineered to offer high-availability, performance, and simple management for Oracle Databases and applications at an affordable price. Thousands of ODA deployments are used by small and medium businesses as well as enterprise customers to run their business critical Oracle databases and applications.  The technology is also integral to Oracle’s cloud at customer solutions.  The ODA software development team collaborates with the Oracle hardware division to deliver customers the latest technology engineered to be high performance and highly available at an affordable cost.  ODA software orchestrates complete lifecycle management of databases and the underlying software infrastructure across a range of deployment options.  Regular software releases provide constantly evolving functionality as well as the latest security and stability fixes from firmware to operating system to clustering and database software.

 

You will apply your extensive knowledge of systems software architecture to manage software development tasks associated with designing, developing, deploying, and debugging software applications, operating systems, and databases. Build enhancements within an existing software architecture and envision future improvements to the architecture to take advantage of software innovations within the Oracle Database and Linux Operating System as well as hardware innovations in compute, storage, and networking.

We seek Engineering Leaders who are hands-on and have the necessary technical expertise and passion to lead teams in solving complex problems related to distributed systems and. As a leader, you should be a self-motivated and driven individual to develop the team and get things done responsibly. You should value simplicity and scalability, feel comfortable working in a collaborative, agile environment, and be excited to learn.
 

 

Career Level - M4

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: $122,500 to $291,800 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.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities

• Provide strategy, leadership, and technical direction for a geographically distributed team (U.S, Mexico, and India) of senior and junior engineers
• Manage and deliver timely, high-quality hardware and software releases 
• Develop a prioritized roadmap of products, features, and enhancements
• Drive the delivery of roadmap commitments including large cross-functional projects on time with high quality
• Work closely with a variety of stakeholders (Database development, Linux development, hardware division, product management, release management, customer support, functional and system testing) to ensure cross-organizational dependencies are managed effectively
• Provide regular updates and feature presentation/demos to upper management

Salary : $122,500 - $291,800