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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is redefining how cloud services are built, validated, and released at scale. Merino is OCI's internal CI/CD change workflow platform, orchestrating build, validation, change management, and deployment across OCI. Merino sits at the center of OCI software delivery. This role offers the opportunity to improve developer productivity, release safety, and operational confidence while helping define the future of AI-assisted software delivery.

Responsibilities

- Lead the design, implementation, and operation of core Merino platform capabilities for OCI-scale CI/CD and change workflow orchestration.

- Own architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, operational readiness, and production support.

- Drive improvements to workflow reliability, deployment safety, scalability, observability, and developer experience.

- Design systems integrating build, release bundle, change management, approval, rollback, and deployment workflows.

- Break down ambiguous platform problems into durable engineering solutions.

- Set high standards for code quality, system design, operational excellence, and maintainability.

- Use production signals and customer feedback to prioritize platform improvements.

- Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and technical leadership.

- Partner across engineering and product organizations to shape the Merino roadmap.

- Champion effective use of AI-assisted and agentic coding workflows while maintaining engineering rigor.

Required Qualifications

- 8+ years of software engineering experience building distributed systems, developer platforms, CI/CD systems, infrastructure automation, or cloud services.

- Strong programming skills in Java, TypeScript, Python, Go, or similar languages.

- Experience operating reliable cloud services in OCI, AWS, Azure, or GCP.

- Experience with CI/CD, DevOps, release automation, IaC, containers, orchestration, or deployment pipelines.

- Ability to lead technical initiatives across ambiguity and competing priorities.

- Strong communication and stakeholder influence skills.

Preferred Experience

- Hands-on use of Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or similar agentic coding tools.

- Experience using AI-generated code with strong review, testing, and architectural ownership.

- Experience using AI to explore codebases, generate tests, refactor systems, improve documentation, or accelerate migrations.

- Experience building internal engineering platforms with a strong focus on developer experience and reliability.

- Experience with release orchestration, progressive rollout, rollback validation, and large-scale production deployments.

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: $96,800 to $306,400 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.

As part of Oracle's onboarding process and consistent with applicable law, US-based employees are required to complete identity verification, which involves the collection and processing of their biometric information. Accommodations to this requirement may be granted following an individualized assessment.

About Us

Only Oracle brings together the data, infrastructure, applications, and expertise to power everything from industry innovations to life-saving care. And with AI embedded across our products and services, we help customers turn that promise into a better future for all. Discover your potential at a company leading the way in AI and cloud solutions that impact billions of lives.

True innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That's why we're committed to growing a workforce that promotes opportunities for all with competitive benefits that support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.

We're committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for a disability at any point, let us know by emailing accommodation-request_mb@oracle.com or by calling 1-888-404-2494 in the United States.

Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

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