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# Senior Manager, Platform Software Engineering

- **Company:** Oracle
- **Location:** Indianapolis, IN, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $120,000.0 - $306,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Computer Programming, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Programming Tools, Distributed Systems, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Reliability Engineering, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, System Software, Policy as Code, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Golang
- **Published:** August 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indianapolisgigs.com/job.asp?id=3369495377&tx=KR8181FFQ&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

Required qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

 * 8+ years of professional software development experience, including 3+ years of engineering management or technical leadership experience.
 * Strong programming skills in one or more modern languages such as Java, Go, C++, C#, Python, or similar.
 * Experience leading teams that design, build, and operate scalable, highly available distributed systems, platform services, or developer tools.
 * Solid understanding of cloud-native systems, including containers, orchestration, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, or release engineering concepts.
 * Demonstrated people leadership: you can hire and develop talent, set direction, manage execution, and create an environment where engineers do their best work.
 * Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build alignment across engineering disciplines, product, and senior stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications: Experience in one or more of the following areas is a plus.

 * Application deployment platforms, continuous delivery, GitOps, artifact management, or developer platform engineering.
 * Cloud-native systems, multi-tenant services, control planes, workflow orchestration, or release engineering.
 * Site reliability engineering, production incident management, observability, capacity planning, or performance engineering.
 * Security engineering, identity and access management, policy-as-code, supply-chain security, or compliance automation.
 * AI-assisted developer tools, agentic workflows, or safety and governance for autonomous or semi-autonomous systems.

## Description

* Lead, coach, and grow a high-performing team of software engineers; set clear expectations, provide regular feedback, and build an inclusive, accountable engineering culture.
 * Own delivery for a portfolio of application deployment capabilities, from roadmap planning and technical design through implementation, launch, and ongoing operation.
 * Partner with product managers, architects, security engineers, SREs, and peer managers to translate customer and platform needs into clear priorities and execution plans.
 * Ensure the team designs and operates services with safety and reliability by default, including strong isolation, policy enforcement, auditability, observability, and recovery paths.
 * Guide the team's technical direction for AI- and agent-assisted engineering workflows, ensuring sound controls, least-privilege access, governance, and appropriate human oversight.
 * Use operational signals, customer feedback, and business priorities to improve developer experience, availability, performance, and deployment success rates.
 * Build organizational capability through hiring, talent development, technical mentorship, career growth, operational rigor, and strong cross-team communication.


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