Oracle Cuts 359 Washington Jobs in Latest AI-Linked Layoffs; Seattle Offices Not Closing

Oracle is cutting 359 jobs in Washington state, marking the company’s second major round of workforce reductions in the state this year, according to a filing with the Washington Employment Security Department.

The layoffs affect both remote employees working across Washington and workers based at Oracle’s downtown Seattle offices. Despite the job cuts, Oracle stated in its Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing that its Seattle locations are not closing.

Employees affected by the latest reduction were notified on Monday, with their employment scheduled to end on November 13.

Oracle Layoffs Target Engineering and Management Roles

The latest cuts affect a broad range of positions at Oracle, with technical engineering and management roles accounting for a substantial portion of the affected workforce.

According to the state filing, the eliminated positions include software developers, core infrastructure and platform software engineers, program managers and site reliability engineers.

The workforce reduction also reaches senior positions. Several vice presidents, engineering and product management directors, and principal data scientists were among the employees receiving layoff notices.

Oracle’s filing was signed by Anje Dodson, the company’s senior vice president of human resources.

Seattle Offices Will Remain Open

The layoffs affect employees working from Oracle’s downtown Seattle facilities, including locations at the Russell Investments Center on 2nd Avenue and 2025 5th Avenue, as well as remote workers elsewhere in Washington.

However, Oracle specifically clarified in its WARN filing that the Seattle sites themselves are not being shut down.

The distinction is significant because the latest reduction involves employees based at those facilities rather than a closure of the offices.

Oracle’s Workforce Has Shrunk Amid AI Expansion

The Washington layoffs form part of a broader workforce restructuring at Oracle as the company expands its investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure.

According to reports cited in the supplied source material, Oracle is simultaneously raising substantial amounts of capital to finance its growing AI data-center infrastructure requirements while carrying tens of billions of dollars in debt.

Internal communications to employees reportedly described the latest reduction as part of a “broader organizational change.”

The company has also acknowledged in a regulatory filing that the deployment of AI technologies across its operations has contributed to workforce reductions.

Oracle’s global employee count reportedly declined by approximately 21,000 workers, or 13%, during the previous fiscal year.

Second Major Washington Layoff Round in 2026

The latest cuts follow another substantial workforce reduction announced by Oracle earlier this year.

In March 2026, Oracle eliminated 491 positions in Washington state. That round also disproportionately affected engineering personnel, including more than 230 software developers as well as senior directors and vice presidents, according to reports cited in the source material.

The two rounds of layoffs together account for 850 Oracle positions eliminated in Washington during 2026.

The latest reduction therefore represents another significant restructuring of Oracle’s Washington workforce, particularly across software engineering, infrastructure and management functions.

AI Adoption Reshapes Technology Workforces

Oracle’s latest cuts come as major technology companies continue to reorganize teams and invest heavily in artificial intelligence.

For Oracle, the workforce changes coincide with an aggressive expansion of AI-related infrastructure, including data-center capacity and enterprise software capabilities.

While the company has linked workforce reductions to the deployment of AI technologies in its regulatory disclosures, the latest WARN filing describes the layoffs as part of a broader organizational change.

The November 13 layoffs will further reduce Oracle’s Washington workforce while its Seattle facilities continue operating.