Software Engineering Manager

Short description:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is transforming how enterprises run their businesses by providing a secure, high-performance, and cost-effective cloud platform. The OCI Identity team builds security and identity cloud services to run customer workloads on oracle cloud. we focus on building highly available, scalable and resilient infrastructure for building tier-0 cloud services

Job description:

Manage a team that designs, develops, troubleshoots and debugs software programs for databases, applications, tools, networks etc.

We are seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead product development teams building Oracle security and Identity management services. In this role, you will drive technical excellence, guide product direction, and foster a culture of trust, direct feedback, and healthy debate. You will measure team health and delivery through outcomes, focusing on cycle time and limiting work in progress (WIP) to maximize flow.

Are you a passionate engineering leader who thrives in a fast-moving, outcome-driven environment. Do you believe the best managers empower their teams, prioritize continual improvement, and stay close to both people and problems This is the opportunity for you!

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or master's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience in software development.
• 3+ years of hands-on management experience in software engineering.
• Excellent leadership and team-building skills, proven ability to hire and grow talents.
• Experience in designing enterprise scale full-stack cloud-based services
• Deep technical expertise working with leading platforms such as OCI, AWS, Azure, GCP
• Experience with container orchestration technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker)
• Experience in managing a tier-0 mission critical service
• Experience in with DevOps, Observability and Infrastructure as a code (Terraform)
• Strong grasp of Agile/SCRUM development in enterprise environments
• Experience in full-stack cloud services and modern backend technologies (Java, Python).
• Experience in managing Jira environments
• Excellent communication skills with a collaborative and decisive leadership style

Key Responsibilities:

* Lead by Example: Stay actively engaged with design and code reviews; remove technical obstacles, and mentor engineers at every level.

* Drive Outcomes: Measure and improve team throughput, delivering impactful customer outcomesnot just shipping features.

* Lean and Agile Mindset: Optimize cycle times and minimize WIP; root out bottlenecks and continually improve how your team gets things done.

* Create Team Cohesion: Build a culture of psychological safety, honest feedback, open debate, and mutual respecta team truly greater than the sum of its parts.

* Empower Individuals: Encourage experimentation, support creative problem solving, and recognize the unique strengths of each team member.

* Technical Leadership: Set and uphold engineering standards for architecture, code quality, reliability, security, and operational excellence.

* Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work with product and leadership to translate vision into actionable execution; communicate clearly across all levels and disciplines.

* Coach, Develop & Hire: Mentor engineers, nurture talent, and participate in hiring exceptional people who enhance our culture and ability to deliver.

* Incident Management: Manage high severity incidents and mitigate by collaborating with the SMEs in timely manner