Software Development Director - Studio in the Cloud

Oracle - Broomfield, CO

Full-time - Senior

Broomfield, CO

1,001-5,000 employees

Publishing Industries

About the position

As a Director of Software Development in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, you will lead engineering teams to deliver cloud services tailored for the animation, film, and game development industries. This role involves building a competitive offering from the ground up, focusing on services such as virtual animation workstations, digital asset management, and high-performance storage. You will collaborate with executive leadership to drive technical innovation and operational excellence, mentoring managers and engineers while overseeing multiple engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and hire engineering staff capable of delivering cloud services in a DevOps model.
• Direct, lead and coach engineering teams to deliver and operate cloud services for animation, film, and game development studios.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry best practices, ensuring compliance and driving innovation.
• Launch new cloud services and establish operational excellence.
• Set and drive the technical direction for the engineering organization.
• Build high-performing geographically distributed engineering teams.
• Coach, mentor, and develop top talent within the organization.
• Establish software development standards and processes along with best practices.
• Develop strategic plans to accomplish technical and business objectives with leadership, teams, and customers.
• Define OKRs and KPIs to inform decision-making and prioritization.
• Set goals and expectations for team and individual performance.

Requirements

• Large/enterprise scale software development and engineering team management experience, including management of managers and multiple engineering teams.
• Domain knowledge and experience with workflows and pipelines for media production, including digital asset management and familiarity with 3D frameworks.
• Experience leading teams in the development of cloud services.
• Direct experience at a media studio is highly desired.
• Experience working with and managing geo-distributed teams.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with universal scene description, scene graphs, layers and models, 3D data packaging, rendering workflows, and image composition tools used by artists, engineers, editors, and content creators.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Opportunities for professional development
• Flexible work environment
• Health insurance
• Retirement savings plan