Senior Manager, Application Software Engineering
Oracle · Richmond, VA
$118,300–$264,100from the description
Jul 7, 2026
Richmond, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering management role leading a platform team building a large-scale, cloud-native event ingestion and distribution system. The work centers on driving architecture, delivery, and operational reliability for distributed services, while managing team growth, cross-functional collaboration, and engineering processes. Best suited to someone with both deep distributed systems knowledge and several years of hands-on engineering management experience.
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $178,991 (middle half $141,096–$225,584). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The role is explicitly a people-management position (engineering manager with 4+ years of management experience required, direct team ownership, hiring/culture responsibilities) — classified as Computer and Information Systems Managers (11-3021). The alt code 15-1252 reflects the strong hands-on technical depth and architectural guidance the JD also demands.
No specific work location is stated in the posting beyond 'US'; the compensation range is described as US-wide. No CBSA or state could be determined.
The degree requirement states 'BS/MS in Computer Science or a related technical field … or equivalent practical experience' — the 'or equivalent' clause means no formal degree is hard-gated.
The 8+ years figure is the stated overall technical engineering experience floor; the 4+ years of engineering management experience is a separate hard gate captured in the overall years minimum at the higher (8+) threshold since that is the role-level requirement.
4+ years of engineering management experience is a hard gate stated in the qualifications but names no specific technology, so it is reflected in the overall years minimum rather than as a skill entry.
AI/ML integration into production systems is listed as a hard requirement in the qualifications section ('Experience designing or integrating AI/ML-powered features into production systems').
The coding languages (C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python) are listed as interchangeable options for the same requirement; Java is used as the primary with the others as alternatives.
Career Level M3 at Oracle typically corresponds to a Senior Manager band, consistent with the 'senior manager' framing in the body text.
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