Engineering Manager, Access Management Team

Get to know Okta

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth.At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

Get to know Okta:

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.

Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

About Okta’s Access Management Team

The Access Management team drives billions of authentications every month. The team builds and supports single sign-on, strong authentication, provisioning, and threat protection technologies. Our Access Management service runs in the cloud on a secure, reliable, extensively audited platform with 99.99% availability.

About the role

We're seeking someone to lead and empower a dynamic team responsible for developing and maintaining Okta’s First-Party Applications. These include our end-user dashboard, the settings applications, the login page, the critical Sign-in Widget, and Okta browser plugins. These are Okta's front gates, demanding unwavering availability as they provide the entry point to all our products and features.

As an Engineering Manager, you'll inspire and guide a team of highly talented frontend and full-stack engineers. This isn't just a job; it's a chance to dive deep into captivating security and identity challenges, building both broad and specialized expertise. You'll discover numerous opportunities for impactful innovation, gain unparalleled visibility within Okta, and unlock exceptional professional growth.

Job Duties

• Lead, motivate, and inspire the team to unleash their full potential, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
• Collaborate with Engineering Leaders, Architects, Designers, Product Managers, and stakeholders to define the long-term vision and roadmap for projects.
• Foster an environment of technical excellence, productivity, reliability, and simplicity, empowering the team to achieve and maintain high standards.
• Actively engage in technical aspects, including contributing to design, code, and participating in design and code reviews when needed.
• Drive the recruitment and professional growth of team members, nurturing their careers and facilitating skill development.
• Facilitate agile project planning and execution for your teams and cross-functional coordination to ensure timely delivery.
• Contribute to broader engineering initiatives to address business needs and strategic objectives.

Who you are

• 7-8 years of experience in enterprise software development, demonstrating a solid technical background.
• Proven track record of technical leadership/management for at least three years, showcasing practical leadership skills.
• Extensive hands-on experience in JavaScript, React
• Hands-on experience or deep understanding of browser plugin development.
• Previous involvement in developing multi-tenant SAAS applications.
• Willingness to be a player-coach, readily diving into user stories when necessary.
• A genuine passion for cybersecurity and a customer-centric mindset.
• Ability to thrive in a high-autonomy, high-responsibility environment.
• Excellent communication skills to effectively articulate and champion the work of your teams.

Okta’s Top 5 Core Leadership Competencies are part of the deeply ingrained principles that guide all of our company’s actions. They also align strongly to our cultural cornerstones, our Okta values: love our customers, empower our people, never stop innovating, act with integrity, and maintain transparency. It’s our expectation that our managers and leaders embody these core competencies:

• Builds Effective Teams: Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
• Demonstrates Self-Awareness (EQ): Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses.
• Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals.
• Drives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Strategic Mindset: Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.

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