Engineering Director, Core Infrastructure

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Seattle, WASan Francisco, CA
Salary: $169,800–$355,400 / yr
Posted: 16 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $192k

This role $263k

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This role pays more than 83% of similar roles. Most pay $144,350–$240,587 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $263k versus about $192k for comparable roles.

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TL;DR · Engineering Director, Core Infrastructure

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As the Engineering Director, Core Infrastructure, you will lead multiple teams to architect and deliver interdependent, scalable distributed systems that meet complex organizational and customer demands. You will oversee the design of high-throughput data processing systems, manage elastic infrastructure, and ensure fault-tolerant architectures capable of in-service upgrades. Your daily responsibilities include driving strategies for load-shedding, rate-limiting, and formal verification while establishing SLO-aligned durability standards. You will also lead incident management, coordinate security measures like encryption and access controls, and champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate cloud infrastructure updates. The role requires deep expertise in distributed systems, networking fundamentals, and computer networking systems. You will solve critical problems regarding data replication, synchronization, and proactive health monitoring through complex telemetry and dashboards to ensure high availability across the organization's large-scale data plane platforms.

What does a Engineering Director earn?

Median $307000 from 31 postings across 22 companies.

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Skills

Distributed Systems Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Networking Data Processing rate‑limiting Telemetry Monitoring Alerting Encryption Access Control SOPs Incident Management Cloud Infrastructure SLOs

What you'll do

Design and implement architectures for scalable, high-throughput distributed systems using data plane platforms.
Oversee the development of fault-tolerant systems featuring redundancy, replication, and automatic failover mechanisms.
Lead initiatives to harden networks through load-shedding, throttling, and rate-limiting techniques.
Establish standards for system durability, availability (SLOs), and formal verification processes.
Direct the creation of complex telemetry dashboards and alerting systems to ensure proactive health monitoring.
Manage incident response, root cause analysis, and operational readiness to eliminate customer maintenance windows.
Provide strategic guidance on security measures including encryption, access controls, and compliance documentation.
Drive automation initiatives using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for scalable patching and change management.

What we're looking for

Candidates must have at least 10 years of experience in the field.
Proficiency in computer networking systems is required.
Expertise in distributed systems is required.
Knowledge of networking fundamentals is required.
Ability to read, write, and speak English is required.

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