Director, Platform Software Engineering

Description

At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) we are building the next generation of cloud services for autonomous and intelligent robotics.

OCI Robotics Cloud is Oracles strategic cloud platform for robotics. Our mission is to enable enterprises to seamlessly onboard manage monitor and operate heterogeneous robot fleets through secure scalable AI-powered cloud services.

Unlike traditional robotics platforms that focus on individual robots OCI Robotics Cloud is building the cloud operating system for roboticsproviding common services for robot identity registration fleet management mission orchestration telemetry digital twins software lifecycle management and AI-powered automation.

A key part of our vision is an AI-driven spec-based robot onboarding platform that enables robots from any vendor to integrate rapidly through standardized cloud interfaces reusable edge services and AI-generated service contracts.

As Director of OCI Robotics Cloud you will build both the platform and the organization that will define Oracles long-term robotics strategy.

This is a rare opportunity to build a greenfield cloud platform with executive visibility and industry-wide impact at the intersection of AI cloud infrastructure robotics and edge computing.

Responsibilities

About You

You are a builder.

You enjoy creating organizations platforms and engineering cultures from the ground up.

You have successfully led engineering teams building large-scale cloud platforms and understand how to balance long-term technical vision with rapid execution.

You believe great platforms are built around reusable abstractions developer productivity and operational excellence.

You are passionate about AI and understand how generative AI can fundamentally improve software engineering developer experience and platform automation.

You have a proven track record of hiring mentoring and growing exceptional engineering organizations.

You communicate effectively with engineers architects product leaders customers and executive leadership.

What Youll Do

Define the Platform

• Define the long-term architecture and technical vision for OCI Robotics Cloud.
• Build the cloud platform enabling robot registration identity fleet management mission orchestration telemetry digital twins and software lifecycle management.
• Establish common APIs service contracts SDKs and edge service frameworks that support robots from multiple vendors.

Lead AI-driven Engineering

• Lead the development of an AI-assisted spec-driven robot onboarding platform where AI generates service contracts edge service specifications SDKs implementation guidance and developer documentation.
• Drive adoption of AI throughout the software development lifecycle to improve engineering productivity and platform quality.

Build the Organization

• Recruit mentor and grow a world-class cloud engineering organization.
• Build a culture centered on engineering excellence ownership customer obsession and continuous innovation.
• Coach engineering managers and senior technical leaders while developing future organizational leadership.

Deliver at Scale

• Drive engineering execution across architecture planning prioritization delivery reliability security observability and operational excellence.
• Partner closely with Product Management to define roadmap and customer adoption strategy.
• Collaborate across OCI AI Cloud Infrastructure Security Networking Developer Services and strategic robotics partners.
• Represent OCI Robotics Cloud in executive reviews customer engagements and strategic technology initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS MS or PhD in Computer Science Computer Engineering Robotics or a related technical field.
• 12 years of experience building distributed systems cloud infrastructure or enterprise software platforms.
• 5 years of engineering management experience leading multiple software engineering teams.
• Proven experience defining and delivering large-scale cloud platforms from concept to production.
• Strong technical background in distributed systems Kubernetes APIs microservices cloud-native architectures and modern software engineering practices.
• Demonstrated success hiring and scaling engineering organizations.
• Outstanding communication leadership and organizational skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud robotics IoT autonomous systems or edge computing platforms.
• Familiarity with ROS 2 and modern robotics software architectures.
• Experience with DDS MQTT OPC-UA VDA5050 or related robotics communication technologies.
• Experience building developer platforms SDKs APIs or service contract frameworks.
• Experience with AI-assisted software development developer productivity platforms or agentic AI systems.
• Exposure to embodied AI vision-language models robot fleet management digital twins or teleoperation platforms.
• Experience working with heterogeneous hardware ecosystems and partner integrations.

Why Join Us

• Build Oracles cloud platform for the next generation of intelligent robotics.
• Pioneer AI-driven spec-based robot onboarding technologies.
• Define the open cloud interfaces that enable robots from any vendor to integrate with OCI.
• Lead one of Oracles newest strategic engineering organizations.
• Collaborate with world-class engineers across OCI AI Cloud Infrastructure Security and Developer Services.
• Shape Oracles long-term strategy for cloud robotics AI and autonomous systems.

Vision

Our vision is to make robot onboarding as simple as cloud onboarding.

We believe AI will fundamentally transform how robots are integrated into enterprise systems by automatically generating service contracts edge services SDKs APIs implementation guidance and operational best practices.

OCI Robotics Cloud is building the cloud platform that allows any robotfrom any vendorto securely connect to Oracle Cloud through standardized interfaces rather than custom integrations.

As Director of OCI Robotics Cloud you will build the engineering organization that turns this vision into reality.

Qualifications
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: $122500 to $355400 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 Oracles 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 - M4