Lead MySQL Server Core Engineering, shaping the database technology that powers a globally used open-source platform and supports Oracle’s cloud database offerings. Set direction for high-impact investments in performance, reliability, scalability, security, and developer experience.

MySQL Server Core Engineering develops the foundational database capabilities that enable MySQL to deliver high performance, reliability, security, scalability, and operational excellence for open-source users, enterprise customers, and cloud services.
As a Director, you will lead a broad Core Engineering organization responsible for critical database-server technology. You will set technical and organizational strategy, establish roadmap and investment priorities, develop engineering leaders and talent, and partner across product, cloud-service, and engineering organizations to deliver strategic customer and business outcomes.

This role requires an accomplished engineering leader with deep experience in database systems or comparable infrastructure software.



You will guide complex architectural and execution decisions while balancing innovation with the compatibility, quality, security, and operational standards expected of a mature, globally deployed database platform. You will also help advance MySQL as a more contribution-driven open-source project through strong technical stewardship, explicit architecture, high engineering standards, effective contributor workflows, and community collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Software Development
Set the multi-year technical and organisational strategy for MySQL Server Core Engineering, aligning database-platform investments with product strategy, cloud-service priorities, customer needs, and open-source commitments.
Lead multiple engineering teams responsible for foundational database capabilities, including areas such as data management, query processing, transactions, concurrency, replication, security, performance, reliability,

📌 Director of Software Engineering (Bengaluru)
🏢 Oracle
📍 Bengaluru