A leaked internal document has revealed the job-level breakdown of Oracle's latest round of layoffs, showing that software developers and engineers bore the heaviest share of the cuts inside the company's cloud infrastructure business.
According to the document, 546 workers in Oracle's America Cloud Infrastructure organization were among those cut, a figure that amounts to roughly 7.6% of the 7,185 employees it covers. Oracle said the information was disclosed to comply with federal age discrimination laws.
Among all job titles in the document, software developer III recorded the highest number of departures, with 57 people losing their jobs. Across all levels, software developers accounted for roughly 17% of the total cuts. The role of principal core infrastructure engineer and program manager IV also ranked among the most affected titles.
Program management faced substantial reductions, accounting for 61 terminations, while data center maintenance and support staff saw 41 roles cut, including senior leadership positions. In total, 128 managerial positions were removed, comprising nearly a quarter of all affected roles.
Over the fiscal year ended May 31, 2026, Oracle shed roughly 21,000 positions — about 13% of its workforce — attributing part of that reduction to its deployment of AI technologies.
The latest round of cuts is unfolding as Oracle absorbs a steep rise in capital spending tied to its AI data center buildout. Oracle's cloud infrastructure division — whose revenue rose 121% year over year in the most recent quarter — remains one of the company's most important growth engines.
The company has said it plans to spend $90 billion to $95 billion on data center construction in fiscal 2027. Oracle also raised its expected fiscal 2026 restructuring costs by $700 million, bringing the total to approximately $2.8 billion.
Oracle has not disclosed the total number of employees affected by the layoffs announced last week, which the company has described as part of a "broader organizational change."
