Senior Manager, Engineering & Applied Scientist

Senior Manager of Engineering & Applied Scientists

Building on Oracle's cloud momentum, we've launched a brand-new organization—Oracle Health—dedicated to reimagining healthcare technology. Our mission is to design and deliver a modern, automated platform that empowers providers, improves patient outcomes, and sets the standard for innovation in healthcare. This is a net-new line of business, built with an entrepreneurial spirit and the freedom to create something world-class from the ground up. We're seeking a Senior Manager of Engineering & Applied Scientists—a hands-on technology leader who thrives on solving complex challenges in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and highly available services. In this role, you'll lead talented teams to design, build, and operate mission-critical solutions within a Managed Services environment, managing workloads that healthcare providers depend on every day. You'll succeed here if you're:

• An AI/ML Technologist who brings both depth and versatility across AI/ML solutions & LLM agents.
• A people leader who can inspire, mentor, and grow high-performing teams while driving technical excellence.
• A strategic thinker with the operational know-how to influence executive decision-making and shape policies that define how we deliver for customers.
• An entrepreneur at heart, energized by fast-paced, high-stakes environments where your ideas directly shape the future.

This role offers the chance to set the vision, build the foundation, and lead teams that will transform healthcare through technology. If you're ready to apply your skills, passion, and leadership to one of the most impactful challenges of our time, we'd love to have you on the journey.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and mentor a high-performing engineering team dedicated to developing and scaling AI/ML solutions and LLM agents for the healthcare sector.
• Oversee the design and development of advanced agentic AI solutions tailored for healthcare applications, such as patient outreach, symptom screening, and clinical decision support.
• Drive the technical strategy for LLM performance optimization, including advanced prompt engineering, model fine-tuning, and the development of sophisticated Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems.
• Collaborate with product management, research, and clinical teams to define and execute the product and technical roadmap for our healthcare AI platforms, ensuring agent outputs align with medical accuracy and regulatory guidelines.
• Foster a culture of operational excellence by implementing robust processes for system monitoring and incident response, ensuring the high reliability and availability of mission-critical AI services.
• Provide technical guidance and architectural oversight on complex systems, and be prepared to contribute to the codebase to resolve critical bottlenecks.
• Recruit, hire, and develop top engineering talent, providing the coaching and support needed to advance their careers in a specialized, high-impact domain.
• Manage the team's project priorities in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, ensuring alignment with broader business objectives and clinical safety standards.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience is required.
• 2+ years of experience in a technical leadership role, managing software engineering teams focused on AI/ML.
• Proven experience in designing, building, and deploying LLM agents or agentic solutions using frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, or CrewAI.
• Deep understanding of LLM application architecture, including advanced prompt design, model fine-tuning strategies, and building RAG systems with vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate).
• Background in building and maintaining high-performance, large-scale ML systems, with familiarity in GPU/accelerator programming and ML framework internals.
• Familiarity with the ethical considerations and regulatory requirements (e.g., HIPAA) for implementing AI in the healthcare industry.
• Demonstrated ability to hire, grow, and retain a diverse team of high-performing engineers.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships and articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Disclaimer: Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only US: Hiring Range in USD from: $115,600 to $251,600 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: medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion; short term disability and long term disability; life insurance and AD&D supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child); health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts; pre-tax commuter and parking benefits; 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match; 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. 11 paid holidays; 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; paid parental leave; adoption assistance; Employee Stock Purchase Plan; financial planning and group legal; voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance.